Rob The Slob, At His Best Again!

Two weeks ago, on July 31st, the day after all that rain, DPW dug a hole near the middle of the 200 block of Columbia to repair a water main break (oddly, it was not a sewer main break).  There was a lot of water and mud on the street, more than I expected to see (though not as bad as what came out of the ground on South 4th Street at Cherry Alley a few years ago when valves failed to stop the flow of water following a break).  It came to my attention that DPW had trouble with the valves that control the flow of drinking water under Columbia Street.  (Hmmm.... this seems to be an ongoing issue.)  In other words, it took DPW longer than usual to shut off the water that was pouring out of a broken water main.  Water and dirt equals mud.  And mud there was.  And GRIT, Rob Perry's nemesis!

When "THIS SUCKS" Says It All!

This past Saturday morning at 10:00, I observed the fellow in the picture for at least 4 minutes as he tried his best to pay for his parking space in front of the DMV building on Warren at 6th.  It was great theater, and I even had a free front row seat on one of the building's marble blocks. After about one minute, I was hoping that Parking Captain David Miller would walk by so that I could invite him to attend the show with me.  (Alas, the chances of seeing Miller, an apparent Hudson resident, walking on a downtown sidewalk out of uniform are slim to zero.  12 years and I've never seen him once.  Too bad for me.)

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!)