Here Are The Facts and Pictures. You Be The Judge.

 

Here are a few recent historical facts.

On at least two occasions in the past 12 years, a common council member has made a request of DPW Superintendent Rob Perry concerning on-street parking that has nothing to do with overnight parking.  It's been a few years since I've heard a reprise of that request, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear it again soon, and for it to go nowhere at all once again. (It's one thing we can count on from the Hudson Common Council.  Members come and go, and the same old issues are brought up and shot down -- primarily by Rob Perry -- every few years.

I Had To Laugh! Twice! (With An Important PSA!)

Yesterday, two days after HUDseen's article about the unregistered, uninspected, unticketed yellow car with the nearly deflated rear tire that had been parked unmoved on North 6th Street at Prospect for at least 6 weeks, the adorable car was gone.  It was nowhere in sight; not even a trace remained.  It had moved on, either on its own or with help from a tow truck. That was my first laugh. (I would pay $20 to know who at HPD was involved in getting the yellow car removed, how much time they spent on the task, and, perhaps most important, how often they are sure to read HUDseen!*)

Who or What Is Broken At City Hall? Is Hudson's Demise Right Around The Corner? (A Pictorial Of Decay and Neglect)

More pictures below 

In Case It Hasn't Hit You On The Head Yet, There's Something You Should Know About 333 1/2 State Street!

 

If you happen to get slapped on any part of your body, including your head, by a branch attached to the sidewalk tree in front of 333 1/2 State Street, you should know two things.  First, you aren't the only one to be treated with such disregard by the homeowner.  Second, that unmaintained sidewalk tree that got in your and so many other people's way stands directly in front of 4th ward council member Rich Volo's house.  That annoyance and code violation sidewalk tree is Rich Volo's tree.   

Coming Soon to A Town or City Near You!

The coincidence of the never-ending shenanigans and embarrassing dysfunction going on in the adjacent town that we here in Hudson happen to share a zip code with is not lost on HUDseen. 

Sure, This Makes All The Sense In The World! Sure, This Is Good For Hudson! Sure, There's No Dysfunction At City Hall Or AT HPD To Be Concerned With!

If there are two things we can count on here in Hudson, it's that parking is a mess and City Hall can't pay attention to anything.  Consider the following as (further) evidence of these two seemingly intractable problems. 

Priorities Inside City Hall (And Out Front)!

New $700 pedestrian crosswalk at 7th & Columbia?  Check!  Refreshed $600 crosswalk across Front Street at the train station that, according to Rob Perry, was originally installed a few years ago by Amtrak? Check!  Two metered parking spaces removed with bright yellow paint to make the intersections at each end of Park Place safer for pedestrians?  Check!  Check!  (Done on Monday.)