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Litigious Jamaica Pond
By adamg on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 11:07pm
Mark recounts decade after decade of various legal actions involving the pond (mainly related to people doing such dastardly things as taking ice out of it without the town of West Roxbury's consent - OK, granted, 8,000 tons of ice). He mentions that in 1856, the town of West Roxbury stationed a policeman on the shores in warm weather to stop people from swimming in the pond (back when it was still used as a drinking-water supply).
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still no-swimming
He mentions that in 1856, the town of West Roxbury stationed a policeman on the shores in warm weather to stop people from swimming in the pond (back when it was still used as a drinking-water supply).
It's still "no swimming", it's still patrolled, and the snotty little shits that live around the pond are doing everything in their power to keep it that way. They've trotted out every damn excuse they can, ranging from liability to the Unwashed Masses running across traffic.
When people wanted to (gasp!) take boats on the pond, they blocked that too...until Courageous Sailing came along, and was such a cute proverbial puppydog, that the residents and city couldn't beat it down with a stick.