I’m really mad at my
city right now and need to vent. So, if
you don’t want to read it, I won’t be offended if you move on.
Tonight they will ‘approve’
a Deer Mitigation program. Apparently,
they’ve decided that the deer that have live in Herriman since way before it
was even called that, are a nuisance, and are getting hit by cars too
often.
So they’re going to let hunters
shoot them.
Within city limits.
Any time of the day.
In the freaking city.
Ok, so they are using ‘skilled archers,’ but,
seriously? What's that going to do to our kids?
Kid: 'Oh, mommy! Look at that cute deer and her little spotted fawn right there in my front yard!'
schwoosh . . . thunk . . . thud [orphaned baby runs off]
Kid: AHHHHHH!
Hunter (a.k.a. skilled archer): 'Oh, sorry kid. Somebody might have hit it with their car, so I had to kill it.'
There has been over a
year of debate among the citizens, 2 or 3 meetings held by the city for public
comment, news stories and social media posts galore, overwhelmingly against any
form of mitigation. The arguments were
varied: Everything from “If we have to do anything, can’t we relocate them?” to
“They’ve been here longer than we have and we’ve taken their entire habitat, so
of course they’re eating our plants. Duh.”
Come on. That’s your solution? “We’re
killing them too often, so let’s kill them.”
What’s next? There are too many starlings – let’s ruin
their nests and crack the eggs so they’ll go somewhere else . . . oh wait, no,
they already did that. Yup.
What’s next? These trees are too think on these mountains –
let’s chop them all down and build houses and apartment buildings instead . . .
oh wait, no, they already did that. Yup.
What’s next? We don’t need places for the citizens to eat,
shop, and play – they can do that in our neighboring city and give them all the
tax dollars. Let’s line our main street
with multi-story apartment buildings with no parking so that people have to
take their lives into their own hands to jackrabbit into traffic and go to work
. . . oh wait, no, they already did that.
Yup.
What’s next? There are too many loose dogs running around
without licenses – off with their heads!
Still waiting for our idiotic council to try that one.
Come on
November. Let’s get these jackwads out
of office and elect a city council for the people by the people. Let’s elect a city council that will actually
listen to what the citizens say, not bulldoze a path toward their own
agenda. Let’s elect anyone but who is
there now.
I probably need to
move.
#HerrimanCityCouncilSucks
Postscript - 11-24-15
The deer are gone. We see a random lost stray on occassion, but the large herds seen basking in the sun, grazing on unharvested alfalfa or leftover pumpkins have been 'mitigated'. Reportedly, the butcher who was contracted with to process the meat and give it to the homeless shelter (a fact that earned a few if-then sympathy votes from residents) couldn't process it all and had to turn the hunters away. Too much too fast? Too much period? So much for humanity. RIP native Herrimanites. I'm sorry we suck.
Postscript - 11-24-15
The deer are gone. We see a random lost stray on occassion, but the large herds seen basking in the sun, grazing on unharvested alfalfa or leftover pumpkins have been 'mitigated'. Reportedly, the butcher who was contracted with to process the meat and give it to the homeless shelter (a fact that earned a few if-then sympathy votes from residents) couldn't process it all and had to turn the hunters away. Too much too fast? Too much period? So much for humanity. RIP native Herrimanites. I'm sorry we suck.