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Usually I'm up and out of the house before the Bradford Era is delivered to the house, but since it was the day before Thanksgiving and the paper being a little early, I was able to scan the front page headlines and noticed one at the bottom of the page.

Regional police discussed in Mount Jewett, Hamlin Twp.

First off, this was discussed at a meeting  back in August of 2011 and I know that because it was one of the 80 to 90 that I have attended over the years.

Secondly, one of the reasons both of these guys were quoted in the Era for wanting such an agreement was to enforce ordinances. Seriously ? That is the job of the supervisors, to enforce our ordinances along with other duties of the position. All they have to do is 'Do their job'...

I can understand, because I've witnessed it, the speeding through Hazel Hurst. Not sure about 70mph as the article suggested, but many, many times above the 35mph that is posted.

So if, as the article suggested, the township would need approximately 18,000 per year to have a full time ordinance enforcement officer and part time traffic police coverage, I'm all for it...Mr. Raught was quoted as saying "the Township does not have the funds to make the proposed merger"...

Well, how about this Mr. Raught...Lets take that  $35,000 or so a year it costs for health insurance  on you, the other supervisors and a couple of employees and put that towards enforcement of ordinances and traffic control...Wouldn't that benefit more of the citizens of the Township. You raised our taxes last year to pay for the insurance so I think we should roll that back and do more to protect the Township as a whole...