The Power Of A Box Cutter, A One-Step Ladder, And Some Common Sense! (And A Little Story About Our mayor And His Aide)

 

It has been three months since our new and very green head Code Enforcement Officer was introduced to the issue of business signs on National Grid's utility poles, an issue that never should have been brought his way. NEVER!  As in EVER!  The Code Enforcement Department is underfunded and understaffed, and Nick Fox has got way too many other critical matters to attend to and get up to speed on. Henry Haddad (or the mayor) should have instead brought the issue regarding the signs to DPW Superintendent Rob Perry's attention, telling him:  WITH THE AID OF A 10-FOOT LADDER AND MAYBE YOUR BUCKET LIFT TRUCK, HAVE YOUR MAINTENANCE CREW REMOVE ALL OF THE SIGNS ON NATIONAL GRID'S POLES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THEN REPORT BACK TO US WHEN THEY ARE ALL REMOVED.  KEEP THE SIGNS SO THAT SOMEONE -- PERHAPS THE MAYOR BUT CERTAINLY NOT NICK FOX -- CAN CALL THE NUMBERS ON THE SIGNS AND INFORM THE BUSINESSES THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS NOT ALLOWED IN HUDSON.

The Power Of The BLOG!

Seen On Green. (Is The Public Works Board Made Up of Blind Members Unfamiliar With Hudson's Sidewalks?)

Suffice is to say that Jason Foster -- Green Street resident, 3rd ward council member, and chair of the so-called CODE & Infrastructure Committee (that saw Nick Fox once a few months ago but will never see him again... a sure sign of dysfunction at City Hall) -- never walks his dogs or himself on the inside sidewalk of the bend of Green Street.  Foster's too smart for that, as all his neighbors must be as well.  He values his life and his dogs' lives too much to make such a reckless choice as walking where a sidewalk literally disappears.  Some people who find themselves walking on Green Street, however, don't know what they're getting into, where simply choosing the wrong side of the street to walk on might wind them up in the morgue.  Like dead on arrival.  Death by vehicle (or speeding ebike!) from behind.  Never saw it coming.  Never felt a thing.  Died peacefully and quickly, head smashed to pieces. 

Is It Possible That Hudson Has Always Been "Managed" By Uncaring Slobs??? Or Is This A Recent Phenomenon (and On and On and On)?

 

If you think this city of ours is in good hands, you are horribly mistaken and you are clearly not getting out of the house enough to pay attention to the awful direction the city is headed.  I am referring specifically to our new and old infrastructure we all rely on and pay for as well as the people supposedly managing the city whose paychecks we all contribute to, including the two very handsomely compensated city officials vying for the top of the list of slobs, Parking Captain David C. Miller, Jr. at HPD and the only guy in charge of everything at DPW, Robert W. Perry, Jr.  (I knew they had something in common besides being slobs!)

I Don't Know About You ...

... but I keep can't keep from wetting my pants in anticipation of the long overdue improvements coming to the 7th Street Park!  I'm telling you, it's going to be a TOTALLY AWESOME PARK ONCE AGAIN!  You watch!  (And wait.  And wait.  And WAIT some more!)

A City Hall Farce In Three Acts!

 

What do you say we have a little fun in the form of a (recent) history lesson?  Sure, why not!  Who doesn't love fun historical facts!!!

I am going to once again do my best to demonstrate -- in six pictures and in words taken straight from the mouths of city officials during three committee meetings over the course of four months -- how dysfunctional, wasteful, blind, embarrassing, and full of incompetency City Hall has become.  I honestly think that the dysfunction at 520 Warren is the worst it has been in the past twelve years, perhaps for a lot longer or ever.   It feels to me as if City Hall might implode someday soon from all the things they are dealing with, including the troubles they are creating for themselves.

First Step (Of Many) To Help Keep The United States Postal Service On Its Feet (I'm Not Kidding!)

DEAR USPS CUSTOMER --

TO ALLOW USPS MAIL SERVICE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, QUICKER AND SAFER FOR OUR MAIL CARRIERS, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ASCENDING MORE THAN 4 STAIRS PER ADDRESS TO DELIVER MAIL.  FROM NOW ON, 3 STEPS UP AND DOWN IS THE MAXIMUM, AND EACH STEP MUST HAVE A SOLID RAILING TO HOLD ON TO, BE IN GOOD REPAIR AND FREE OF HAZARDS, AND HAVE AT LEAST THREE FEET OF UNENCUMBERED WIDTH (THIS INCLUDES VEGETATION OF ANY KIND).  FOR THOSE WITH MAILBOXES OR DOOR SLOTS CURRENTLY LOCATED MORE THAN 3 STAIRS FROM THE SIDEWALK, WE ASK THAT YOU LOCATE A MAILBOX AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR STAIRS THAT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND ABIDES BY WHAT REMAINS OF SOCIETAL NORMS AND AESTHETICS.  IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE IT USER-FRIENDLY AND NICE-LOOKING, PLEASE.