How The Latest Stains On The Promenade Steps Reveal The Never-Ending Nonsense Coming From Our DPW Superintendent's Mouth

As promised in an article from two weeks ago, it is time to show that something Rob Perry stated during his April DPW report to the council was complete bunk.  For a salary of $123,000, you'd think we would occasionally get a straight answer or explanation from the guy. 

Where Are Those $10,000 Kiosks Anyway? Spring Is Almost Over!

 

If any of the much-discussed $10,000 parking payment kiosks ever make it out of the storage shed on Dock Street and onto a Warren Street sidewalk, it's going to be quite a show to see how the city handles the aftermath of the first one that is destroyed by a car or truck that hops the curb.

Want To Slow Vehicles Down And Welcome Other Improvements At The Same Time?

BRING BACK THE RED BRICKS!  OR, BETTER YET, COBBLESTONES!

Two Years! At Least! But Who The F*&% Is Counting? (Not Rob Perry, That's For Sure!)

The picture above was taken last October, at least a year and a half after I noticed the gaping hole in the base of the lamppost alongside the DMV building on North 6th Street.  By any standards, with the clear exception of our $123,000 DPW Superintendent, the base to that lamppost on a city sidewalk in front of a historic city building has been damaged, ugly, dangerous (particularly to children) and, by allowing the elements to get to the wiring inside, damaging and compromising the functioning of the light itself for years.  The light hasn't turned on in more than a year.

What Are Your Tax Dollars WORTH?

For well over one year.

If You Can Avoid Driving On Worth Avenue, Do So Until It Is Repaved Next Week. Thanks To Luizzi, It Is A Pothole Minefield!

 

DPW crew tending to Luizzi's mess today.

Before the cones arrived this afternoon,
this hole caused at least one flat tire.

How Upside Down is Hudson City Hall? Just Read The Code (Carefully) and Walk The Sidewalks (Carefully)!

Soon after posting yesterday's pictorial showing Luizzi's code violation sidewalk work on and adjacent to lower Warren Street, I read through chapter 266 of the city code titled Streets And Sidewalks to see which city official or officials are responsible for making sure that contractors and homeowners construct sidewalks properly and with the correct materials.  The information therein shows how easily things can (and do) get screwed up and how no one inside City Hall takes responsibility for mistakes in sidewalk construction and unsafe sidewalks that homeowners ignore for years and decades.  The situation we find ourselves in regarding city sidewalks is embarrassing and beyond concerning, and it should not be an issue in the year 2025.