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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Frustrated Couple Fills Potholes Themselves; Receives Legal
 Threat from City
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:39:00 -0400
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On 4/25/2024 5:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> 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.

That's maybe the least surprising thing about this.  As a private party, 
they'd actually feel vulnerable, maybe even guilty, for driver mishaps.