Thank goodness government bureaucrats are there to protect us from ourselves. Imagine having an inflatable pool with 2 feet of water and without a 4-foot fence and an idiot alarm. I can’t even imagine such a thing.

Massena Code Enforcement Officer Gregory Fregoe has been busy this summer checking for violators.

“The quick-set blue pools, which we call them, are a menace to the villages. They’re a danger because because people erect them with no concern about the code requirements,” said Fregoe.