Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Frustrated Couple Fills Potholes Themselves; Receives Legal Threat from City Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:39:00 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <0G2dnQwj_8JyNrf7nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:39:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fe77adb71738f178d58fa0cc18f3108e"; logging-data="3395397"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191RAiSWTrLsaMBDgMk1fdOhjOC/6vUOQg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:tL/4busbz3Sc9MX1xyNmMFmK8B0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2732 On 4/25/2024 5:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , > moviePig wrote: > >> On 4/25/2024 3:15 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>> Rather than thank these folks, apologize for their oversight, reimburse >>> them for their costs, and make sure city crews get out and do their job, >>> the city of Compton sends a letter threatening to sue them if they don't >>> stop making the city look like a bunch of lazy clowns. >>> >>> https://abc7.com/potholes-city-of-compton-cease-and-desist-letter-california >>> /14584005/ >> >> The letter was mandatory, to absolve themselves of responsibility for >> shoddy repairs. Nothing to do with embarrassment, just life in the USA. > > That's the problem. They weren't embarrassed that citizens are having to > go out and do street repairs because the city can't be bothered to > fulfill its responsibilities. > > As for shoddy repairs, the couple's pothole repairs are better than the > city's. After the recent torrential rains, their work is still intact > where the few potholes city has repaired have washed away again. > > That's because they do it right and take the time to pack the asphalt > properly, rather than the half-assed way the city does it, where they > just dump the asphalt in and let the passing cars drive over it and > compact it. That's maybe the least surprising thing about this. As a private party, they'd actually feel vulnerable, maybe even guilty, for driver mishaps.