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Broken Fence Update
Who will write "The Ballad of the Broken Fence"
After futiley chasing David P. of the ONS by e-mail for over a week, about the broken fence beneath the Cypress Street Overpass, and then contacting Ms. R. Murphy, D.P. e-mailed me that the fence would be fixed by the Parks Dept. He originally told me that it would be fixed by the DPW on June 10th, but I think these City Departments give the folks at the ONS the runaround as much as they do the citizenry. Maybe Carol Grant, the Director of Operations can straighten them out. I think the DPW refused to do the repair and passed the buck to the Parks Dept. Divide and conqueor, delay and confuse, common tactics used by City employees. But that's just a guess.
An excerpt from the e-mail:
After the inspections by Sal Solomon and collaboration by the Parks Dept., it has been decided that Bob McMahon of the Parks Dept. will have one of his crews repair the fence...We are currently looking at a three week window. This is the latest update that I have received as of today...
Who would'a thunk it would be so difficult to get a small section of broken fence fixed.
We first contacted the ONS about this problem on May 27th, 2005 (we worked on it also, all of 2004) and here we are. Fence still not fixed. I love the symbolism. Isn't this small problem a problem that our City Councilor, Kevin Jackson, should be addressing? Or is that too much to ask of our elected representitive?
I'm still high as a kite that I got two small potholes fixed. Did we just witness a miracle when that happened? I guess the ponderous wheels of government move very slowly when they even move at all.
How many others have contacted the City about the broken fence? Any response?
John Twomey
Posted at June 28, 2005 07:53 PM