From the Wakefield Observer:
With no debate on the $64 million budget, the Wakefield Town Meeting instead focused on what officials planned to do about the ongoing goose problem and the prospects of adding a crematorium near Lake Quannapowitt.
Yes, one of tonight's top stories is our town's, and I quote, "ongoing goose problem". I love this town. Anyway, the $64 million budget approved at the meeting will support, according to the Observer, "...the fire and police departments, education costs, and all municipal costs for the 2007-2008 fiscal year."
However, many residents raised concerns about Article 3, a $15,000 proposal by the town’s Goose Committee to hire a professional border collie service to address the town’s ongoing goose problem.
“The hard reality is that short of drastically altering the landscape, a permanent solution to the goose control problem does not yet exist,” said Goose Committee Chairman Bronwyn Della-Volpe.
Wakefield has a Goose Committee? You learn something new everyday. As for that crematorium...
Residents also debated Article 4, an amendment to the town’s bylaws to prevent a crematorium from being built in Wakefield. This article was sponsored by Meg Michaels, an environmental advocate who filed a lawsuit against Lakeside Cemeteries in hopes of preventing them from building a crematorium inside the Lakeside Church basement near Lake Quannapowitt. Michaels said burning dead bodies would release mercury and other pollutants into the air.
Aw, shucks. Guess this means I won't be cremated...at least not in this town. I guess I'll just have to have my body cryogenically frozen instead.
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