Mayor Dewey Roche told Cassady that when the Amish moved to the area they agreed to clean up after their horses when in town, but that hasn't happened. "They say they want to be part of the community," Roche said. "And we want to get along." The city's animal-excrement ordinance only covers dogs, but at a City Council meeting in March members voted to start amending it to cover all animals.
Roche says some Amish residents, unhappy with the vote, told him they would take their business to nearby Franklin, in another county. Glen Sears, owner of a local hardware store, said he would hate to lose the business of the Amish and said if the city is going to force them to clean up after the horses, it needs to also enforce the dog provision. The council is scheduled to have first reading of the new ordinance Monday, April 11. (Read more)
3 comments:
The Amish were there long before you sprawlburbian carpetbaggers. If you dont like it, YOU leave.
They care as much for you people as you do for their manure. Do you suburban zombies feel you have to wreck everything ????
Auburn is not a suburb. It is a farm town evolving into an exurb.
Hey, it's great fertilizer. But there are basket-type affairs available for horse-drawn vehicles that would catch most of the horse poo and maybe the Amish could invest in them and take their fertilizer home.
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