ONE, TWO, FIVE STRIKES YOU’RE ON! — by Steve Nadis
I’d been calling the Cambridge DPW for weeks, trying to get the little fountain/sprinkler in the park across the street turned on for the kids, especially my younger daughter. Earlier in the week (my third call), things were looking bad. The guy who was responsible for that, I was told, was on vacation and it would have to wait until he came back. “That’s great,” I said. “He’s spending a week at Winnepesaukee(sp?) and my kids have to wait until he gets back to run in the water? Are you honestly telling me there’s only one person in Cambridge who knows how to turn on the water?” I was told to call back the next day when the Parks&Forestry person returned. But she wasn’t in when I tried the number (fourth call). Finally yesterday (fifth call) I got through to her. It was 10:00 a.m. I went through my pitch again (“It’s for the children!”), expecting her to say they’d get to it next week, because whenever is something done on a Friday? She told me they’d get to it before noon and, to my surprise, they did.
Snake, Honey,
You should check out the Hurley Street park. Behind the Kennedy-Longfellow School (at least I think that is the school — I can’t keep track of the Cambridge schools anymore). The water sprinkler there has been on all day long for weeks.
I suppose that’s the other extreme. Seeing that would drive me crazy too. Please call the DPW to let them know. It should only take a handful of calls to get some action…