Letter: Lack of gratitude stings
On April 2, you posted a letter from the “Fairmead Community & Friends” regarding their “community-wide day of clean up” In this letter they talked about all the good work done and thanked a number of organizations for their assistance.
They failed to mention the generosity of our Madera County Board of Supervisors who approved this project at the expense of county taxpayers by authorizing free bins, which included free delivery and pick up, along with free depositing of the unwanted waste in the Madera Landfill.
This was unprecedented, as evidenced by Supervisor Wheeler ’s comments that firemen in his community were denied the same services in a previous request. The board, however, went ahead and approved the Fairmead Community & Friends request with the understanding that requests of a similar nature in the county receive the same fair treatment in the future.
In their letter to the Tribune, did the Fairmead Community & Friends once thank the Madera County Board of Supervisors or the folks from the landfill who donated their time, equipment and free dumping? No. They complained!
They referred to themselves as being treated like a “redheaded stepchild of Madera County,” then go on to say, “Shame on you for neglecting us for so many years.”
Excuse me? You got what you asked for, and now you complain without even a thank you to supervisors who made it possible.
True, you came to the Board of Supervisors meeting the following Tuesday and said thank you, however, the thank you was lost when you complained to them about placement of bins, ad nauseam.
I think you should add to your characterization of being a “redheaded stepchild,” the word “ungrateful.”
Donald Holley,
Madera
