tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006829178157020052.post4725971492088433371..comments2023-04-02T06:52:00.615-04:00Comments on MAPPING IT OUT: The "Con" in Connolly : Compromising a Tenant's Health and SafetyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006829178157020052.post-3011616986539962762010-03-14T13:55:37.248-04:002010-03-14T13:55:37.248-04:00I live in Plainfield. I am sending this to everyon...I live in Plainfield. I am sending this to everyone and anyone who could possibly assist us with this problem.<br />Our City Council voted against the Plainfield Recreation Department to start a youth baseball league. Dave Wynn, the head of the division of recreation, openly went against the City Council and started one anyway. He has 60 children enrolled, whereas Queen City Basball League (a youth baseball league already in operation in the city) has 200 children enrolled. Dave Wynn has "reserved" ALL the baseball fields in Plainfield with no intentions of "sharing" the facilities with the children who happen to be enrolled in the Queen City Baseball League. Really, how can 60 children utilize all the fields in Plainfield Monday thru Friday?<br />I have to ask why is this allowed? What is the point of having a city council if their decisions are totally disregarded by the "head guy" in the recreation department? We have asked the Mayor for assistance, but from my understanding she has turned her back on the children of Plainfield so that she can maintain her friendship with Dave Wynn.<br />I am asking ANYONE to help us. Our children want to play baseball. The pettiness of the adults involved are sickening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006829178157020052.post-25498712654283445062010-03-05T20:23:56.158-05:002010-03-05T20:23:56.158-05:00it only leaks when it rains or snow meltsit only leaks when it rains or snow meltsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006829178157020052.post-30686078661200269412010-03-01T18:42:19.193-05:002010-03-01T18:42:19.193-05:00These problems didn't happen overnight, and Co...These problems didn't happen overnight, and Connolly has been in the news for stuff like this for quite some time. How is it the Administration is just getting to it now?<br /><br />I don't know the laws that apply in such a situation, but morally, and in the interest of public safety, why can't the City seize the property, have the repairs made, and sell it to recoup our expenses and any taxes due?<br /><br />It seems both Connolly and the mortgage holder should be the ones to suffer any losses on this ragtag deal. Will we wait until a ceiling or floor collapses perhaps killing someone, or a tenant comes down with some mold-induced lung disease?Alan Goldsteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006829178157020052.post-54918984969072831322010-03-01T12:34:30.993-05:002010-03-01T12:34:30.993-05:00Being the tenant in question, I want to thank Coun...Being the tenant in question, I want to thank Councilman Mapp for giving part of his Sunday to see my situation. I do not want to move from my home, but have the poor drainage on the roof repaired. It's nice to know that there are people in Plainfield like Councilman Mapp who do care about what happens to others. Mr. Connolly apparently doesn't or I wouldn't be asked to move or have my situation ignored for over a week.active citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884062448798453240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006829178157020052.post-17425486971446668682010-03-01T10:59:49.268-05:002010-03-01T10:59:49.268-05:00Unfortunately, I have no sympathy for the tenants....Unfortunately, I have no sympathy for the tenants. They voted for the mayor, or worse did not vote at all. They got what they wanted, an unresponsive mayor who only acts when pushed into a corner. <br /><br />Maybe they'll learn their lesson and start becoming more active.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com