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I created issue 5704657 on April 15, 2019 to note that, in spite of "No Dogs Allowed" signs on the fence at Davis Street School, dog owners were meeting on Sunday mornings to allow their dogs free run in the yard.
The Health Department immediately closed the issue based on the fact that they had "Referred your complaint to the Board of Education, Facilities Management". I responded with a comment that the issue "has not been fixed. It has only been closed."
Yesterday (about 7:30 AM on Sunday, Sep 1, 2019) I noticed that the problem is continuing. The dog owners sit near the Fairfield Street gate (where the "No Dogs" sign is posted).
Does the Health Department feel that dog feces in an area where elementary school children will play is OK as long as they have notified the Education Department about the situation? If so, the "No Dogs" sign should be removed. If not, we need to stop the dog owners from doing this.
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StevenZ (Registered User)
Thank you. Yes, you are right. But no. See-Click-Fix was created to make it easy for citizens to go to one place and seek help from the government to accomplish what the government should be doing. I have no intention of trying to learn how to energize the Department of Education to shift its limited man-hours from direct education-related work to legal health-related issues (even though those health issues will ultimately hurt their students). It seems that the City's Health Department really has a very limited view of its responsibilities and will not respond to any problems raised that are beyond the work that they want to do.