Posted on 08/21/2011 9:22:28 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
Sodus, N.Y. - New signs warning drivers of frogs crossing the road in Wayne County aren't sitting well with local officials.
"During these economic times, this is just absurd," says Sodus Town Supervisor Steve LeRoy. "New York State is laying people off and we're trying to find money for water, and construction projects. It's ridiculous."
LeRoy says the new "Frog Crossing" signs are the result of a new state ordinance by the New York State Parks and Recreation Department.
"I just can't imagine anybody stopping their vehichle for a frog," he adds.
The signs, much like moose or deer crossing signs, are bright, reflective, attention-grabbing yellow. Hikers near Chimney Bluff State Park were a little perplexed as to why the signs were put in.
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http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Frog-Crossing-Signs-New-York/5gIo-IE0f0ak3klSzLayAw.cspx
I’m hopping mad.
This was probably one of those “shovel ready” stimulus projects Obarry told us about.
and not only that but these frogs are going to get uppity.
Just another example of OUT OF CONTROL NY State signage.
It’s ridiculous the amount of signage on our roads, bridges and intersections. I love to know how much the signage lobby contributes to Albany.
Imbeciles are now administering government at all levels. Diversity policies now officially include the mentally challenged among those to be hired by various agencies.
Exactly! Holding up traffic for an eternity while they happily chat with one another in the street. . .or hop out in the middle of traffic, looking the other way, expecting drivers to slam on their brakes.
Slippery when wet ?
How long before we start getting arrested on felony warrants for turning frogs, roaches, skunks, salamanders, etc. into road kill?
In Bermuda..when the toads are out on the roadways during the mating season..more tourists are injured on the mopeds as they swerve to avoid squishing the buggers..
The candidate who has the courage to promise to defund the Stalinistic EPA will reap millions of votes. The bureau-rats who run these agencies pump out thousands of regulations in order to have the federal government take control of our lives and to justify their fat pay checks.
I don’t think anyone in the EPA thinks that deeply. They believe that they MUST regulate in order to preserve their jobs. They think they have a “mandate” from the public to preserve, at any cost, our natural resources. They believe they MUST protect nature from the evil human race, hell bent on turning our abundant forests into nothing but rocky moon scape.
I deal with the PA version of the EPA (Department of Environmental Protection) occasionally and can say that the folks I deal with are simple government workers who were evidently hired for their anal attention to the “regulations”. They don’t give a crap about real world. They follow the book to the letter to avoid having to get a job that requires thought and decision making ability.
The sign that says “Frog Crossing” probably costs a few thousand. It’s the “This Frog Crossing Has Been Brought To You By The Barack Hussein Obama Community Rebuilding and Reparations Program, All Hail Our Great Leader Obama, Allah Akbar” sign next to it that costs you a few mil.
I’ve seen those kinds of signs a lot lately. Some “Tiger” guy pouring oil in the cracks in the highway while 20 other guys stop traffic for 30 minutes.
“Where’s my froggy? Where’s my froggy!!!”
“Taggart....!!!”
“Ooooo, that was a close one! Daddy loves froggy, froggy love Daddy??”
Anyway, I used to live in Green Bay WI where every seafood restaurant featured frog legs on the menu. Guess this thread isn’t about the eatin’ kind of frog.
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