The debate on Mansfield's "No Street Ball" bylaw, sparked after a group of kids were asked by police, responding to a neighbor's complaint and citing the rule, to stop playing ball on Highland Avenue, will make it to Town Meeting this May, according to the Boston Globe.
Terry M. Langley, a single mother of two whose 13-year-old son Eric was among the boys playing baseball with a tennis ball on the dead-end street, has drafted a petition with the ten required signatures to bring the issue to Town Meeting
The proposal would amend the 82-year-old bylaw, so that playing ball in the street would be allowed as long as it doesn't endanger the public or obstruct foot or vehicle traffic.
Do you think the bylaw should be changed or remain the same? Do you plan on attending Town meeting this may to vote on the issue and others? Let us know in the comments below!
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