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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Frustrated Couple Fills Potholes Themselves; Receives Legal Threat from City
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In article <v0efr9$36t1u$3@dont-email.me>,
 moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> 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.