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Snowmobiler caught "THE OFFICER is
in a neighborhood park paid to enforce the law,"
in Maplewood h a v e he said, "not to make
been let off too easy, statements about what
Mayor Robert Bruton the law should be."
said. "It's very discouraging
He complained to the to the people," Bruton
city council, alleging that said, "when they see
police gave snowmobi- snowmobilers c a u g h t
lers apprehended in Ma- and then let go."
plewood Heights Park Councilman Norm An-
"only a warning." derson said the recent
RESIDENTS in the influx of snowmobilers
neighborhood around on some of the city
the park have been upset streets was"bad news."
by the lenient attitude of He said the situation
the police toward snow- was particularly hazard-
mobilers, Bruton said. ous on Lakewood Drive.
Some of them claim an Councilman Don Wie-
officer also told the gert said the police were
• snowmobilers that he "g o i n g out of their
disagreed with the local minds" because of nu-
ordinance pertaining to merous complaints over
snowmobiles. snowmobiles.
Twelve parks in the Maplewood p a r k s
snowmobi-
community are off-limits off-limits to tosnowmobilers. lers include Afton
Heights, Lions, Geth-
City Manager Michael semane, Goodrich, Four
Miller said he would be Seasons,Edgerton,West-
interested in the "name em Hills, Maplewood
of the police officer" Heights, Michael Lane,
who disagreed with the Harvest, Lydia Avenue
law. and Burke-Atlantic.