Irony comes in many forms and

all too often at the expense of taxpayers. That is exactly what is happening

with recent events in Tyrone. The city of Tyrone, long known for being

a very nice place to live, has a problem. Actually, they have several

problems, and I have not been shy about passing this message along to

them directly and bluntly. Telephone calls, fax messages and statements

at their city council meetings have proven to be useless. They prefer

to believe their city manager and now well, now comes the irony.

My part in this began last

December when I visited the construction site for their new ball fields

on the East side of Tyrone. The area had been filled and leveled as one

might expect for creation of ball fields. However, part of the fill was

on top of wetlands, and the fifteen feet of fill over the wetlands had

no control of erosion so additional damage was taking place to wetlands

on their neighbors' property.

The history of the wetlands

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