Why charge a fee to those who help?
EDITOR: Clover Springs Community Association has been maintaining city property within its borders based on an agreement made between the city and Del Webb for 18-19 years. It means that some of our association dues are paid to a landscaping company to maintain city property.
Our employees and volunteers from the Clover Springs community do most of the bark spreading, fertilizing, fence replacement, etc. That’s OK with me because we keep up the city property a lot better than the city would.
We spread bark on Foothill Boulevard recently. We’ve done this at least 8-9 times over the years. We were told this time we were breaking the law because our bark was on the street — not blocking lanes, but on the street. The bark was gone that day. I have seen bark on Foothill Blvd for a week further down the street on the way to Ray’s. Were they also reprimanded? Now we must pay the city a $150 fee each time we bark city streets and do all the technical safety stuff because those streets are s-o-o-o busy. Suddenly Cloverdale is charging its citizens who are volunteers to keep Cloverdale streets looking good. Makes sense to me.
Linda Elliott
Cloverdale
Thanks from parents
EDITOR: The Washington Middle School eighth grade Parent Planning Committee would like to sincerely thank everyone for supporting last Saturday’s pancake breakfast fundraiser. In particular, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Cloverdale Lions Club, who scrambled, grilled and flipped all Saturday morning. Without the help of the Lions Club, this fundraiser, which raised close to $3,000, would not have been possible. Thank you again to the Lions Club and to the Cloverdale community who are helping to make this year’s eighth grade promotion ceremony and Day Away at Epicenter successful.
The eighth grade Parent Planning Committee
Cloverdale
