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Can A Town Have An Attitude? Absolutely yes! A town can and should have an attitude! Then the next big question is, who promotes and enacts our attitude? You don't have to look far to see how the homeowners in town feel about their property. Their commitment to a community of character and pride is reflected in their property's appearances. There are numerous lovely gardens in front of our old homes. Potted plants sit on doorsteps, beautiful lamps adorn entrances, and care and presentation of color is taken on the outside of homes. The legacy of Kay Campbell's Shade Tree planting program continues to augment Woodbury's landscape. Campbell, as First Selectman, was persistent enough to make the tree program work so well that we are now running out of places to put trees on Main Street. The diversity of the kinds of trees has given our main road a welcoming and warm character. There is however a dark side to our recent town government when it comes to the word, attitude. It appears that our town has forgotten that it's the little things that make the difference to our landscape. Little by little we let things slide and what was unacceptable at one time, now becomes the norm and unimportant. The following is a list of some of our neglected areas of small but important town landscape: The mowing of the roadside with the destructive tree and shrub thrashing machine has made a lasting impression on anyone who owns property near where it has left its mark. The lack of white lines on Middle Road Turnpike where the high school students frequently walk is dangerous. The quality of temporary signs that are put up on our roads is substandard. Bent posted road signs remain disfigured for extended periods of time. Damaged road fence posts stay on the roadside for months. The maintenance of intersections lacks mowing and care. The acceptance of minimal requirements for subdivision landscaping is at odds with the town's character and history. The atrocious design of the west-side subdivisions also negates our historical character. The lack of care of our sidewalks is less than inviting to those who choose to walk and shop. These blights may seem picky and unimportant but seen all at once on a fall afternoon drive, our town becomes frankly, dumpy looking. We also need to address our glaring neglect by the selectman to addressing and designing long-term solutions to town problems. But that is a much bigger and mature problem that we can only address after taking care of our day-to-day present situation. We can be thankful that there are people on our commissions along with the homeowners who do care and make a difference in our town. But there has been a terrible neglect in leadership by the Office of Selectman when it comes to caring and providing direction to those who could make a difference day by day to our community.   For instance, why are we sweeping the sand off the roads in midsummer? The Office of Selectman is suspect!

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