A 17-year-old Boy Scout worked more than 200 hours to clear a
path in his local park so that people could enjoy walking and biking along the
river.
Bad move Boy Scout.
Now grown men who didn’t get around to doing it for a paycheck are after you.
Kevin Anderson, a junior at Southern Lehigh
High School, a varsity soccer player and a Boy Scout hoping to get his Eagle
Scout badge, spent 250 hours over several weeks creating a path on the
partially complete 165-mile Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor that
runs through Kimmets Lock Park in Allentown,
reports The Morning Call.
"I decided to
do my part in completing this part of the trail. In that way, others could
enjoy walking along the river, without having to walk on the busy road,"
But once the city’s
municipal union caught wind of this do-gooder breath of fresh air, it put up a
stink at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International
Unions said its considering filing a grievance against
the city for allowing such good, free-of-charge, work to happen.
"We'll be
looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trails," Balzano told
the council, reports The Morning Call.
"We would hope
that the well-intentioned efforts of an Eagle Scout candidate would not be
challenged by the union," said Mayor Ed Pawlowski in an e-mail Friday.
"This young man is performing a great service to the community. His
efforts should be recognized as such."