tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post7539882375885255599..comments2024-03-27T19:57:30.869-04:00Comments on Springfield Vermont News: $375K grant to buy equipment for stormwater, drainage maintenanceSpringfield VT Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845498364686334900noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-87513950629724218612017-08-06T19:26:58.784-04:002017-08-06T19:26:58.784-04:00You and your worn out cup of coffee argument. May...You and your worn out cup of coffee argument. Maybe you ought to go get a coffee enema to clear your throat. Vermont and its towns need to wise up and begin reallocating the excessive social services budgets to real capital and infrastructure projects. Send the free riders elsewhere in search of government handouts and get back to maintaining our streets, roadways, water and sewer systems - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-18289362109856678232017-08-03T08:02:13.518-04:002017-08-03T08:02:13.518-04:00a lot of our dirt roads are in better shape then t...a lot of our dirt roads are in better shape then the paved ones,i was just asking someone the other day,if Fairgrounds road was just paved a few years agoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-83481011512927656362017-08-03T07:59:34.233-04:002017-08-03T07:59:34.233-04:00i can't afford Dunkin Dounut's coffee as i...i can't afford Dunkin Dounut's coffee as it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-8115126981648502882017-08-03T06:41:54.249-04:002017-08-03T06:41:54.249-04:00@11:22, I couldn't agree more. Why are we awa...@11:22, I couldn't agree more. Why are we awarding paving contracts to firms that will not stand behind their work? The only explanation is kick backs and corruption. It wouldn't be the first time a Springfield public works director was embroiled in such a debacle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-52301523261404816642017-08-02T23:22:15.120-04:002017-08-02T23:22:15.120-04:00Well if our cars aren't swept down the street,...Well if our cars aren't swept down the street, they'll surely be falling apart. I can not believe that of all the streets in this town that need pavement, that they chose to pave Fairgrounds Road again, as well as "Recycling Road". And the fact that they continue to award paving contracts to a company that typically paves driveways, you will continue to see the new pavement Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-67823150371490764042017-08-02T21:45:16.857-04:002017-08-02T21:45:16.857-04:00$375,000 is the equivalent of one and one-half cup...$375,000 is the equivalent of one and one-half cups of Dunkin' Donuts coffee per week per Springfield household-- for which we get freedom from having our cars swept down streets by a flash flood caused by backed-up catch basins and perhaps freedom from typhoid and cholera as well. Of course, there are those who would rather live the short and brutish lives peasants often lead...chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-4781997001416257092017-08-02T11:07:36.641-04:002017-08-02T11:07:36.641-04:00Hear that noise? That sucking sound you hear from ...Hear that noise? That sucking sound you hear from the town and your tax dollars will soon be replaced by the sound of a vacuum truck cleaning stormwater culverts with your tax dollars. Behold the power of free money(your tax dollars) for Springfield. Perhaps they should place the names of those responsible for creating a Springfield dependent solely on tax dollars and grants upon the side of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com