Frustration

I am going crazy this morning-I am waiting for someone to come and fix my fridge AGAIN and there are people in my backyard installing a fence that I don't even want (city issued) and I do not even have a gate on that fence so I am effectively being locked out of my forest and park by the city who made these rules 40 years ago when some kid fell out of a tree house he had built in the forest. If I can't have a gate, I'll build a staircase up and over.
The most frustrating part is dealing with city bureaucracy over trying to get some changes made to their by-laws. I just wish that rather than having an adversarial relationship with its citizens, a town could take on a partnership relationship. I live next to this forest, so of course I have a vested interest in protecting and maintaining its health and integrity. I also do not think that it is right to expect me to get in my car and drive over one km to the park entrance just so that I can use it-especially when there is a park entrance right outside my back door. This city makes a lot of noise about being a livible city but for me these outdated bylaws make this city LESS livable for me and my family. The city claims that it doesn't want people dumping things into the woodlot, but a 4 ft high chain link fence will not keep anyone from doing that, if anything it will create a barrier that divides the space from "mine" into "not my problem" thuis creating the opposite attitude that it needs to create if it wants the forest and park to continue on in health.
There is always a fight with city officials and the system is set up to create so much frustration that people end up giving up. I do not want to give up this fight so easily.