tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post2935085292685598836..comments2023-11-05T04:34:10.303-05:00Comments on The Naked City: Slack DOT care may worsen floodingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-23565999476578896542009-06-08T14:27:50.695-04:002009-06-08T14:27:50.695-04:00Dear anon 11:54, unlike the previous commenter, I ...Dear anon 11:54, unlike the previous commenter, I caught and enjoyed your allusion to archy and mehitabel by Don Marquis, who invented the characters while working as a columnist for The Evening Sun in New York. <br /><br />archy (cq, no capital letter) is a cockroach/poet who types in all lower case. mehitabel is a cat. For more: <br />http://www.donmarquis.com/archy/Mary Newsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202416766614180007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-32269676947171250762009-06-06T10:33:54.790-04:002009-06-06T10:33:54.790-04:00Anon 11:54 What kind of grass are you smoking?Anon 11:54 What kind of grass are you smoking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-18210979831532018492009-06-05T23:54:05.712-04:002009-06-05T23:54:05.712-04:00IF EVERYONE USED ALL CAPS WE'D ALL GET USED TO...IF EVERYONE USED ALL CAPS WE'D ALL GET USED TO IT! THEN AFTER A WHILE SOME GENIUS LIKE DON MARQUIS WOULD COME ALONG!<br /><br />i sure wish it was soon i had to eat 2 xtra meals to operate the shift key today and mary there is a cat in here at night i wish you would have removed<br />archyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-90670322797336693252009-06-05T13:07:15.604-04:002009-06-05T13:07:15.604-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-84922598605332447292009-06-05T12:56:54.379-04:002009-06-05T12:56:54.379-04:00"The advocates of public control cannot do wi..."The advocates of public control cannot do without inflation. They need it in order to finance their policy of reckless spending and of lavishly subsidizing and bribing voters." Ludwig Von MisesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-88480637856488593562009-06-05T12:51:15.823-04:002009-06-05T12:51:15.823-04:00"No resource will flourish if managed by the ..."No resource will flourish if managed by the government" James CookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-29863494552792799022009-06-05T12:47:45.761-04:002009-06-05T12:47:45.761-04:00TAXATION IS SLAVERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TAXATION IS SLAVERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-81251730964289445792009-06-05T12:32:06.213-04:002009-06-05T12:32:06.213-04:00WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT ...WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT CORPORATIONS ARE SCREWING US ALL! AT LEAST THE GOVERNMENT IS MITIGATING THE RESULTING ECONOMIC CHAOS.<br /><br />AND HOW DO I USE THE LOWERCASE KEYS ON THIS KEYBOARD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-64061574967718999502009-06-05T10:07:32.510-04:002009-06-05T10:07:32.510-04:00MARY, A typical DO GOODER.MARY, A typical DO GOODER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-38288895250282892292009-06-05T10:06:59.515-04:002009-06-05T10:06:59.515-04:00Government an open book. What planet are you livi...Government an open book. What planet are you living on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-54779057874028264022009-06-05T10:03:26.475-04:002009-06-05T10:03:26.475-04:00But I can choose to deal with a private firm. I m...But I can choose to deal with a private firm. I must deal with the government. If I don't pay my taxes I go to jail. If I don't shop at Wal Mart no big deal. So there is a huge difference between gov't and the private sector. Government in its very nature is force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-67041102614722303792009-06-05T09:04:57.372-04:002009-06-05T09:04:57.372-04:00Government might be all those things. But what abo...Government might be all those things. But what about Wachovia, GM, Chrysler, BofA, Enron and all the "too big to fail" private sector corporations? No organization made up of humans is perfect. It's just that gov't - especially local - is an open book which everyone can read and write upon its pages. Private sector is, well, private with little accountability to anyone, often not even stockholders. Run government like a business? I don't think you would like the outcome. Call 311. It works more often than not.Pathmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686403952971230161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-5338118193067264222009-06-05T08:33:17.216-04:002009-06-05T08:33:17.216-04:00BIG SURPISE! GOVERNMENT IS INEFFICIENT AND WASTEF...BIG SURPISE! GOVERNMENT IS INEFFICIENT AND WASTEFUL. WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT GOVERNMENT IS SCREWING US ALL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-49760815876621441212009-06-05T07:46:39.331-04:002009-06-05T07:46:39.331-04:00I always thought sidewalk was to be maintained by ...I always thought sidewalk was to be maintained by the abutting property owner. Isn't that CMS on Runnymede?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-780027378988555772009-06-05T07:45:44.167-04:002009-06-05T07:45:44.167-04:00There's a storm drain in front of my property....There's a storm drain in front of my property. I take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to keep it cleared of debris because it's in front of MY property. Leaving trash and debris there would be a detraction to the aesthetics of MY property and I never even thought of DEPENDING ON GOVERNMENT for this menial task, given the overwhelming incompetence and unresponsiveness of GovCo.<br /><br />Choose your fights, Mary.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724304929284753847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-63170366402146278382009-06-05T06:27:26.228-04:002009-06-05T06:27:26.228-04:00Anon 4:36 has it right.
Clean it out yourself.
...Anon 4:36 has it right.<br /><br />Clean it out yourself. <br /><br />THis is the problem with this country: too many people expect government to do everything, then wonder why it cost's so much.<br /><br />Sweep your own sidewalk, clean a gutter - oh wouldn't want to stoop to getting your hands dirty - <br /><br />The college eddikated - too good to do manual labor.<br /><br />But if everyone has a college education - as advocated by thoughtless ones - who'll clean the gutters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-80155491782693579732009-06-04T20:01:18.306-04:002009-06-04T20:01:18.306-04:00We are fortunate to have a street light in front o...We are fortunate to have a street light in front of our house, in our South Charlotte neighborhood that recently experienced a spate of car break-ins. Being elderly, we need all the crime deterence measures we can find, including that light.<br /><br />My wife called 311 when the light went on the fritz after a recent storm. She called 311 at 10:30 p.m. at night. A live person answered, took the info, and said it would be fixed with 5 days. The power company showed up three days after we called.<br /><br />311 Works!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-45179194082420447172009-06-04T18:50:04.272-04:002009-06-04T18:50:04.272-04:00I have little confidence in calling 311. I will ca...I have little confidence in calling 311. I will call when I see a situation like this near my home, but will do so with no expectation the situation will be rectified in my lifetime. I'm also not willing to walk out onto Independence Blvd near the Eastway bridge to clean out those gutters where it usually floods. I don't have a death wish.<br /><br />Sales taxes and property taxes have been going up, and services provided have decreased. I don't think Mary is the one everyone needs to be yelling at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-76835539292086114842009-06-04T18:35:01.141-04:002009-06-04T18:35:01.141-04:00You are correct, Mary. It's best to seize the ...You are correct, Mary. It's best to seize the day and take care of it ourselves when possible, and yes, 1/2 mile away is above and beyond.<br /><br />Be careful what you ask for, though. One of the city's subcontractors came through and paved the street. There aren't that many private roads left in Charlotte, but this was one of them, so I assumed they just didn't KNOW they really weren't required to pave it. It didn't need it anyway. And I can assure everyone the neighbors or owners or I had no special "pull" or even any interest in getting this done. We have other fish to fry, as they say.<br /><br />So when they came by and scraped the old street in preparation to lay down the new asphalt, they deposited the pile of scrapings on the yard. My yard. And wouldn't come back to clean it out. Finally a month or so ago they did. I even planted some squash plants over there.<br /><br />The bush hog crew came by today and killed the squash plants. I'm sure they'd been told to do an extra good job.Jumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-49598567749293907942009-06-04T18:18:10.550-04:002009-06-04T18:18:10.550-04:00We pay taxes and a multitude of fees that "su...We pay taxes and a multitude of fees that "supposedly" are spent to maintain our roadways. Cleaning drains and gutters is part of maintenance. We also pay "storm water" fees and property taxes...<br /><br />Aaron2whls3spdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954543886269776858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-58318796440113948992009-06-04T16:59:45.277-04:002009-06-04T16:59:45.277-04:00I found a storm drain that was plugged solid. I ca...I found a storm drain that was plugged solid. I called for 3 months to get it unplugged. I finally had to go to a dept. head and show him the documentation of how many times I called to get it fixed. We keep our own drain in front of our house cleared.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654301855782384858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-90421262172618299902009-06-04T16:55:56.350-04:002009-06-04T16:55:56.350-04:00Oh for Pete's sake! Of course I'd call 91...Oh for Pete's sake! Of course I'd call 911 for a break-in. And if this drain were closer to my house, I or someone in our household would go out with gloves and a trashcan and clean it. But traveling half a mile in order to clean out storm drains is above and beyond, in my opinion.<br /><br />And there's no way I'm standing out in Wendover Road with cars going 55 (in a 35 mph zone) to shovel out gutters and a drain. Sorry. <br /><br />All the people who are berating me are welcome to go take their own lives in their own hands on Wendover (and Runnymede as long as you're in that neighborhood). And please clean the Runnymede sidewalks, while you're out there with your rakes and shovels and trashbags.Mary Newsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202416766614180007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-3649112466697524072009-06-04T16:36:37.330-04:002009-06-04T16:36:37.330-04:00you could just help out and clear the debris inste...you could just help out and clear the debris instead of complaining about it on this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-1166013486495561702009-06-04T16:15:15.576-04:002009-06-04T16:15:15.576-04:00Do as they say and call 311. You said in your comm...Do as they say and call 311. You said in your comment that you usually do call, but in your article you said you did not. So which one is it? How many thousands of drains are there in Charlotte? There is no feasible way for the city or state to be able to check every one of them. It is your responsibility as a citizen to call 311 to alert them of situations that need attention. Also, why not just be a good neighbor and clear out the drain yourself? I do it all the time on my street.Scott- Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-34486148757056345862009-06-04T15:37:34.657-04:002009-06-04T15:37:34.657-04:00Im glad Im not your neighbor. I;d hate to have my ...Im glad Im not your neighbor. I;d hate to have my house broken into while I was away and have you "experiment" instead of calling 911 for me.Timnoreply@blogger.com