Admittedly, we live in a really strange township

Like many other townships across the country, ours too has laws in place to regulate burning.  But in our community, the township itself is noted for being the most flagrant violator of its own laws.  Last year the town collected yard waste and wood products during a bulk residential trash collection and proceeded to burn them up.  The word quickly got out to the State Department of Environmental Protection which then cited the township for the violation.  Not to be deterred, the township next decided to enact a second illegal burn (wood skids), and has just recently accepted a $9,050 state fine for illegal burning along with other settlement obligations -- one of which will be the enactment of a mandatory leaf collection program.   

I'm looking forward to this leaf collection effort... and knowing our township, I'll be delighted to take the photos whenever they decide to burn the leaves that they have collected.  Thanks to the Pocono Record for keeping us updated on our ongoing township shenanigans.