Many people know that I have not been shy to applaud Pincourt for the overall quality of services and have been a proponent for others looking to move to our modest ‘burb. This weekend however, I lost it.
weeds
We are fortunate enough to live along a quiet a cul-de-sac in Pincourt’s Domaine de la Foret with a small grassy round-about – great for kids to play in. Usually. This year it has been an ugly lack of attention from the city’s public works.
- The grass has been smothered with rocks from the winter snow mountain remnants. Nobody has bothered to clean it.
- It has not been mowed or trimmed – a glory season for dandelions and other weeks. A visual blight on our street, with some up to 12″ high and 1″ in diameter.
Other quaint cul-de-sacs? Seems like others are in a similar sorry state, but others clearly have the helping hand of a local councillor, with groomed paths, flowerbeds and trees. Ours? Weeds.
So this sunny Victoria Day afternoon, I decided that enough was enough and brought out my weed whacker and got the job done. It was a dense pile of nasty weeds. Other neighbours pitched in too, taking out brooms, etc. I am not against the idea of citizens pitching in, I will do my part … but then reduce my taxes, or hand us the budget to beautify our public spaces … citizens will step up if asked.
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