April Fools: Were You Punked by Maplewood's Mulch Announcement?
An email blast from city hall informed Maplewood residents that they could pay for city fees with spare mulch.
Call me gullible, but Sunday's announcement that the city of Maplewood would waive city fees in exchange for spare mulch excited me. Rachelle L'Ecuyer, Maplewood's community development director, sent out an email blast on Sunday that noted, "The mild winter created a mulch shortage for Maplewood. The situation has become so dire that the city staff had an emergency meeting today regarding a serious lack of mulch to use for city parks and trees in the treelawns." The email continued with information on how residents and businesses could potentially exchange pounds of mulch for dollars. (Our morning newsletter is packed with local news, photos, events and blogs. Learn more here: www.maplewood-brentwood.patch.com/newsletters.) Finally, a …
Dan Harrison
11:01 am on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
That explains why when I went by Dale Ave, the MOUNTAIN of mulch had disappeared. Theory one, a very equipped and motivated person saw a mountain of gold, OR theory two, the mountain had be removed prior to the prank so people would "omg, I know exactly where to go to cash in", only to find...yeah. Either way, very clever, clever girl. more ›