Here are some points of interest around town:

€ As Cayuga County legislators consider a badly needed change to the term limit law, they should be aware that any change that does not completely solve the problem is a complete waste of time. The current law prevents a legislator from serving more than 12 consecutive years, but some have been getting around it by resigning for a couple of days and then being reappointed by fellow legislators. Then they can run for another 12 years.

There has to be a way to word this thing to prevent this problem from happening in the future. Aren't there other municipalities who have faced the same situation and successfully dealt with it? Somebody needs to make a few phone calls. Why re-invent the wheel?

The bottom line is that we don't want any maneuvering around the law; whether the intentions are good or otherwise. Let's find out how to do it and get it done right. It'll be interesting to see whether they can set politics aside just this one time in order to do the right thing. If you want to change this law, then it must apply to everyone equally, not just to the select few you want affected.

€ An article was sent to me by a reader about the toxic problems that are arising with artificial turf. It seems that samples of turf in the Rochester and West Irondequoit school districts were found to contain lead and other toxic chemicals. Apparently the same thing has happened in New York City. Why aren't we doing research about this to protect our kids? We say that it's so important that our children have all the advantages possible in their sports programs, but at the same time we're possibly exposing them to dangerous chemicals. Our school board needs to find out about this immediately.

We already know that the cost of maintaining synthetic turf is extremely high, and that injuries to players is a serious problem, too. As far as I'm concerned, that's three strikes, yer out!

€ It's very nice to see six teams at city hall trying to reach their 10,000 daily steps of fitness.

This is a wonderful goal to attempt to control weight gain and lower the risk of medical problems.

Aside from the personal aspect this can only make employees more efficient in their jobs and save tax dollars by decreasing medical costs.

€ Don't forget, today's the day to vote for school board members and also on the school budget. See you at the polls.

Ducayne's column appears

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