Fw: Response To Speed Hump DO help

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From: EMAIL RECEIVED @ UNOFFICIALLY WINSLOW IN RESPONSE TO A PREVIOUS EMAIL POSTED BELOW.
To: UNOFFICIALLYWINSLOW@COMCAST.NET
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: Response To Speed Hump DO help


First, I would like to apologize for myself and
the majority of the residences of Oak Leaf Rd. If the
school 5 staff were harassed about speeding on our
street, it was only 1 or 2 people complaining. The
rest of us were not! We did not get what we wanted,
she got what she wanted. The rest of us are unhappy.

Second, the speed limit on the street was 45 as
it is on the surrounding streets. Therefore, if some
of the staff remembers going 35 or 45, they were not
speeding. Most of us raised our children with this
speed limit and taught them not to play in the street.
I know that all of us are busy, myself included, but
I would never let my children play unsupervised at any
time. I do not expect other adults to watch my
children for me or feel confident to let them play
alone. I am much more concerned about someone pulling
them into their car, luring them away (abducting
them), than I am about speeding cars. So... the speed
limit is a moot point.

I understand that you only work at the school so
you see the street at it's busiest time. However,
generally the street is very quiet. That is what
attracted most of us to it. There are times when you
may see 1 car go by in an hour so this is probably one
of the last streets in Winslow to have a speeding
problem. Also, there has never been a child
injured/killed on this street. The questions of
speeding came up a few years ago when one neighbor's
dog was hit by a school bus. The poor, upset bus
driver was not speeding. There was an eye witness!
The dog stepped in front of the bus when it was
impossible to stop. Although it was unfortunate that
the dog was killed, it was an accident, not speeding.
In actuality, the owner of the dog should have been
fined, but another neighbor was kind enough to
intercede and prevent it. Eventually the speed limit
was lowered due to that neighbor's constant
complaints. I think that it took time for residences
and school traffic to get used to the new speed limit
since we were not notified. However, it is probably a
good thing.

Hopefully, this clarifies why bus drivers, school
staff, as well as the police department were being
harassed and accused of not doing the the proper job.

As to the point of our signs, I think that Hump
DO Helps is either not reading all of the signs, not
reading all of the information on the website, or just
not comprehending the major point. The "ugly" signs
are no longer about the speed humps. It doesn't take
much common sense to suspect unscrupulous behavior
when speed humps are put on a street where only 1 or
2 residences want them. There was never proven to be
a speeding problem. The fire department found them
unsafe, they cause unnecessary and premature wear on
fire equipment and cause delays in emergency response.
If the Hump DO Help would read the website letters
from the fire commissioner, how could she/he make the
statements made?!

In Stratford and Cherry Hill they are already
removing their speed humps. We will be next. That
means that huge amounts of tax dollars are being spent
putting humps in that are not wanted by the residence
or the fire/police/ambulance departments. Huge
amounts of tax dollars will be paid to the same person
to take them out! Doesn't that sound ridiculous and
suspicious?!

Therefore, the signs are on private property and
are a representation of our freedom of speech.
Explain that to the children on the bus and in the
school. When there is a corruption on the township
committee, Barbara Holcomb and Barry Wright, it must
be stopped.

If Hump DO Helps would go to township meetings,
he/she would see the corruption and wasted tax dollars
as I have. He/she would most likely want a sign too!
FYI, there have been numerous inquiries/ requests from
residences of Wyndam Hill and Stone Hollow who also
"don't like the humps" and want to express their
constitutional rights.

The mayor is trying to keep our taxes from
steadily increasing so that the average family can
afford to live here. Barbara Holcomb and Barry Wright
continue to vote in ways that keep their income
rising, as well as a chosen few. The rest of the
Democrats on the committee follow like sheep. Not all
Democrats are bad/wrong- just unfortunately the 5 on
this committee.

Sincerely,
UNeasy on the Chumps!

P.S.- I'm a little more than concerned about someone
who drives with their mind wandering!

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