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Missing banners --- yellow arrow ---
and excess ‘drainage’ – blue arrow ---- I will return to latter Sunday – but
note I traced the water to another development site – where drainage either
not hooked up or inadequate --- More later |
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Look at Banners
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Then
ongoing Vandalism ·
Then dilapidated houses ·
Then
Mussallem and CBC mandate ·
Then more
on Storm damage etc |
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See previous
on banners: Especially Herb Pond era where
protest – then forgive |
I saw
CityWest crew taking down those banners Tuesday evening |
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Several
people have commented to me how ‘late’ the banners have been allowed to stay up
– and how ‘foolish’ as many have been destroyed by winds etc --- others torn
and will need to be replaced --- Along Park Ave about half the poles had lost
their banner --- seems like a waste of $$$ --- and having a 3 man crew doing
the job after hours (over-time?) seems even worse – of course they may have
been doing it as an act of ‘charity’ – but I doubt it |
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I was told by a business owner that
often this kind of vandalism will just be one person – who because of age etc
is ‘untouchable’ --- Or how does a RCMP officer effectively charge a group of
youths of which one has broken the window?
Need eye witness etc --- More later |
More
Vandalism on PR Streets |
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Here
the old Home Hardware store front door kicked in --- note the rock on steps
--- and below the Carlyle & Sheppard window hit by a fist see previous
Vandalism
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Speaking of
priorities – with so much wrong in PR why put effort here? |
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This
is a City Crew replacing the old metal railing --- Perhaps there is a
liability problem --- but I suspect it is more about powerful people getting
their ‘priorities’ put to the front of the line |
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Not shown
well here, but pre-meter Hydro in rough shape – fire hazard? |
Now here is
a Nuisance |
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I
always get the feeling that Nuisance Bylaws most often used by complaining neighbors
--- but here is a house that should be torn town --- while gas disconnected –
the Hydro looks dangerous
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Required
(OCP etc) loading space in front of Business |
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I have brought this
up before – but here is another blatant example --- this huge semi is
delivering supplies ---- making a mockery of the ‘reserved parking space’ ---
either we go again to local deliveries – or scrap the whole idea of ‘loading
zones’ outside stores |
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Mussallem
wants CBC to live up to its ‘mandate’ |
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At one time this
was the local CBC building – it was practically bomb proof – had back up
generators etc --- but then the Cold War ended --- and though CBC still has a
mandate to become last resort broadcaster --- it would take a National
Crisis to trigger that ‘mandate’ --- and City Council did not even
declare a local emergency during last hurricane’ |
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Previous
10/10/10 storm stories |
Strongest
Winds? |
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Surprised me --- PR
Archives showed me a clipping from 1964 where winds were clocked (does not say
where --- or if ‘official’) – but measured as 92 mph --- or 170 km/hr which
exceeds our recent 150 km at Ridley (also un-official) |
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More Storm
Damage |
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Here
fellows standing around in Haz Mat suits outside the funeral home --- perhaps
removing insulation etc inside |
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See previous where Nordic Tree Service
removes trees More later |
And we need an accounting
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Hopefully
Council will give us some sort of dollar figure for what the storm has cost
Tax Payers so far --- all those trees removed etc were presumably paid for by
Taxpayers ---Which introduces the larger issue --- most those trees were not
on City property – yet we paid (I suspect) --- so there needs to be a proper
look at where potential dangers are --- and deal with them now rather than
after the next storm --- arrow points to a shed – which looks now to be
dangerous as surrounding trees have been removed |
Created by LG on22/10/2010
Last updated on Saturday, October 23, 2010