It's the biggest weekend of the winter in Topinabee and "the Big Chill", and all those on ice activities, the Firemen Association's Pancake Breakfast, the Community Church's activities for kids at the Mullett Township Hall. That is all great and congrats to all those volunteers who donate their time and effort, working hard to make Topinabee and Mullett Township a better place to live.
The Township Hall is always a challenging locale for a special function. There are only a handful of parking places available and there is only one ADA accessible parking space indicated by a sign on a tree. During the pancake breakfast, a late arriving Mullett Township Official, ignoring the signage, parked her mini-van in that only available ADA space. Good job!
Across M27, the welcome mat is also out for anyone requiring ADA access to the park or Public Restrooms. The single, van accessible ADA parking space has been left all winter with huge piles of snow pushed up in front.
The signage is all there, but the restroom might as well be in Alaska if you are using a wheelchair or walker. These snow banks could and should have been cleaned up all winter and especially before the Big Chill. There are no excuses for this poor service when Mullett taxpayers are paying the tax rates they do.
Our elected officials need to open their eyes and see what outsiders see. The new park project pays lip service to the disabled, touting ADA beach access while making them traverse hundreds of extra feet on the DNR Trail to access the restrooms from the beach.
These snow banks will melt. In Mullett Township, it's probably the only way they'll disappear. Unfortunately, the park will be an ongoing embarrassment to Mullett Township as an ADA accessible facility for years to come.
