In the fall of 2009, Adams County voters lobbed what was almost certain to be an easy political home run across the plate of local leaders.

By all accounts, it was a shoo-in, the ultimate in “no-brainers,” a clear and overwhelming mandate from the people who voted them into office.

All that was required was the smallest of actions — follow through on the voters’ request. Bring the bat around and make contact.

The pitch is nothing new.

For at least two or three generations, local residents have wondered, asked and even begged local leaders to step up to the plate and take a real, earnest swing at funding something that benefits the community — white, black, rich and poor — recreation.

Yet our political potentates seem adamant that it’s in the best interest of area youth to simply keep recycling the same old tired recreation facilities on which their grandfathers played in the 1950s.

In the latest, most remarkably predictable, yet disappointing move, the Adams County Board of Supervisors seeks to delay any decision on recreation for just a bit longer — likely until they can wade through the upcoming election cycle, straddling the recreation fence in the process.

We can see the writing on the wall from a mile away. “I support recreation, but we need to be able to afford it, and I’m not sure we can do that,” the fence riders will say in their waffling defense.

Voters are more intelligent than some supervisors may give them credit for being.

The community clearly said, “We want recreation.” But from the stands the watching and waiting for supervisors to pick up a bat and get swinging continues.

Voters will soon have a shot at substituting players when Election Day arrives.