David in California says that construction has been going on in his neighborhood for the past couple weeks — and apparently not everyone is thrilled with what the city is trying to accomplish. (David managed to document all of these notes when his leaving his house in the morning; they were all gone by the time he returned home that evening.)
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#1
Anonymous
People ought to mail these strongly-worded missives to their city councilmen or county commissioners – or, perhaps, even to their fellow voters, since most jurisdictions require public approval before spending taxpayer dollars on public works. The people who are working on the roads are just doing what their job requires and are trying to earn a living, just like everyone else.
Aug 5, 2013 at 6:42 pm rating: 90
#2
bluebunny27
Second ….
Oh, I see money wasted all the time … I never though about leaving a note there though … sounds like a good idea.
Aug 5, 2013 at 6:42 pm rating: 90
#3
CG
Six question marks and three exclamation points? This person is clearly pissed off!
Aug 5, 2013 at 6:44 pm rating: 90
#4
Poltergeist
Because leaving a “LAME” note on anything you don’t approve of is clearly the best way to bring attention to an issue and enact change.
Seems like these were written by somebody who is either too young to even pay taxes or too stupid to have their opinion be taken seriously.
Aug 5, 2013 at 7:06 pm rating: 90
#5
redheadwglasses
Team union city workers.
I’ve lived in neighborhoods where they redid curbs to include cutaways for people who use wheelchairs or walkers. I’m happy with my tax dollars being spent to make neighborhood living less of a hassle for people with mobility issues.
Aug 5, 2013 at 8:49 pm rating: 90
#6
Rachel
I’d vote for them.
Aug 5, 2013 at 9:08 pm rating: 90
#7
Raichu
Because annoying the people who are doing the work they’re paid to do (in other words – just doing their job and putting food on the table) is going to influence lawmakers several pay grades up the ladder. Obviously. Right?
Aug 5, 2013 at 10:04 pm rating: 90
#8
H for Toy
I vote it was David who put up the signs and documented them to send to city council. When that didn’t work, he thought he’d try PAN instead.
Aug 5, 2013 at 10:40 pm rating: 90
#9
Madrias
Ah, I’m in two minds on this one. I understand the road workers are the only ones who have to deal with this, but I also understand that all those tax dollars get wasted.
We’ve got similar going on here. They want to rip up all of our perfectly good concrete roads and replace them with asphalt. They refuse to fix the crosswalk signals at one of the stop-lights crossing a busy highway.
Aug 5, 2013 at 10:42 pm rating: 90
#10
valerie
bahahahaha I love the one that just says “LAME”!
Aug 5, 2013 at 11:07 pm rating: 90
#11
Larry Sheldon
For extra credit write a 2000-work essay on the aspects of “shovel ready” and “tilting at windmills” as the terms apply to the sighs posted here.
Aug 6, 2013 at 1:44 am rating: 90
#12
Vivika
For someone so concerned with wasting money, they used paper like it was going out of style.
Aug 6, 2013 at 1:52 am rating: 90
#13
ShadeTail
Yeah, using tax dollars to make sure the sidewalks are safe and in good condition is a huge waste. Wait, no it isn’t.
*sigh* Libertarians. I swear, not a single working brain among them.
Aug 6, 2013 at 11:31 am rating: 90
#14
Lil'
Usually I find that even when I hate the inconvenience of road work, in the end I appreciate the final result. I work in a tourist area, so there’s heavy traffic and road upgrades are done often. I think road improvements are more often than not money well spent. I can think of a hundred other tax-paid things I think are a waste but no need to start the debate here. The good part about road work here is that it only takes place between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., so as long as you can navigate through the cones, your drive isn’t really affected much during the day. I think leaving notes for the people doing the work is out of line. They don’t make the rules, and bothering them isn’t going to get your message to the people who do.
Aug 6, 2013 at 11:35 am rating: 90
#15
katie
About 1 km from where I live there’s this sidewalk that goes up to a gated community, stops where the sign stating that it’s a gated community is, then there’s a street crossing and a sidewalk on the other side of the street going back down and around to another road. A little loop if you will. Our city tore up about 3 house-lengths of nicely manicured landscaping to extend the sidewalk further past the sign. It still hasn’t been paved, and there isn’t even a crosswalk down there for people to get back across the street anyway. Even more annoying than that, the extension doesn’t even reach the first row of houses—it just lets people walk a little further before hitting grass again.
This post just reminded me of that. Our half-finished, possibly never to be finished construction seems more useless than re-paving which could remove pot-holes and cracks, but who knows.
Can we just agree there’s stupid construction in every community?
Aug 6, 2013 at 3:19 pm rating: 90
#16
My name is Princess!
What a waste of paper.
Aug 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm rating: 90
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