Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.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 16:52:55 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 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 22:52:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fe77adb71738f178d58fa0cc18f3108e"; logging-data="3372094"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/HkDRlN14JtLlqsgTED1nYJKW8Z0MUHJo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2HpsxORARqPES4UZkY7HQaUP61U= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <0G2dnQwj_8JyNrf7nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Bytes: 1721 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.