Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:34:20 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Frustrated Couple Fills Potholes Themselves; Receives Legal Threat from City Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <0G2dnQwj_8JyNrf7nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 36 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:34:20 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2121 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c9c77a3a9c1544$71929$3085566$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 2502 On 4/25/24 4:12 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. And you're not embarrassed by your party committing insurrection--which is worse? > 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.