In my ongoing battle to discover why Waterford First Selectman Dan Steward refuses to enforce the state's bamboo law, I have been lied to, ignored, pushed aside, obtained a lawyer, and resorted to a television news interview. My many pleas for help to stop the rampage of neighbor-planted bamboo were ignored. The bamboo is at my foundation, decks, fences, and pond and threatens to destroy my almost 90-year-old family home.

Steward’s final response to the question, when pressed by the TV reporter; "I choose not to" enforce the law. Steward chooses to ignore his constituents' pleas for help. He chooses to ignore generations of Waterford natives. He chooses to hide behind the law until he is forced to take action. What else does he choose to ignore?

It's time for a change in Waterford.

Dawn Prentice

Waterford