Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Wootton High awaits Montgomery council approval for lead infused artificial turf

Oh my gosh!  Did the Montgomery County Council's Education Committee completely forget to discuss the lead content in the artificial turf plastic field that will be put down at Wootton High School?   Yes, they did. And, what about the testing of the water that runs off the fields?  They must have had to hurry off to a lunch meeting.  Those topics weren't mentioned.

Councilmember Hans Riemer asked for the lead content of FieldTurf artificial turf fields in MCPS in 2011.  But, it's only 2013.  We can wait another 5 or 10 years to get the answer.

Below is the link to the Gazette's coverage of Monday, January 28th's Council Education Committee meeting. Lots of topics were skipped.



Gazette:  Council committee gives its OK to use of private funds to reconstruct field

You can watch the actual video here.

No worries.  This overpriced, lead infused, plastic grass sheet with 120 tons of ground up tires will be installed at Wootton High School this summer. The full Council will approve this project as they have approved all artificial turf projects without reviewing any contracts, bids or evaluating if this project complied in any way, shape or form with Maryland Education Act procurement law.  The "crumb" rubber stamp of approval is ready for action.

4 comments:

  1. You do realize that this is going to happen, correct? There's nothing any of us can do to stop it, statistics and all. Maybe it's time to give up this fight?

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    1. What statistics? This only has to do with Governor O'Malley and his push for the FieldTurf product on Maryland fields. No statistics needed. Just straight politics.

      That's why these fields go in without RFP's, without bids, without any competition whatsoever. This is a super sweetheart deal for this 1 company. We are in the Spiro Agnew, Next Generation phase of Maryland.

      Heck, in Howard County these fields went in without anyone even requesting them!

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  2. @Anonymous, Parents can decide whether to let their children play on these toxic fields and inhale these cancer-causing toxins. Lead is only one of the ingredients in the mix. So far parents have been clamoring for them. Booster clubs are paying for them. High schools usually have environmental clubs. Where are these students? Where are the players' parents?

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  3. @Anonymous, if you want statistics, look at campaign contributions.

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