Bring On Da BOOT!

While in City Hall yesterday, I was told that the city is not currently BOOTing vehicles with outstanding parking tickets because the software system that the Parking Bureau uses for tracking and processing parking tickets has not been working well enough to allow the process of BOOTing to operate properly. Basically, the system is full of glitches and is outdated.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, All Within A Few Hundred Feet Of One Block

The smooth and the cracked, inches apart

The paving contractor for National Grid's gas line replacement project here in Hudson has been busy for the past couple of weeks. Yesterday, they finished paving over National Grid's trench on the south side of the 700 block of Columbia Street -- from just east of Park Place to about Lil' Deb's restaurant. The contractor, Bob Talham, Inc, is not here to replace just any of Hudson's cracked and troubled streets, only strips 10 or 12 feet from the curbs to replace what was temporarily covering all the trenches now holding our new plastic natural gas pipes.

It's A Good Thing City Hall Is Paying Attention To What Is Going On Around Our Planet And Underneath Their Own Sidewalk

While our earth and surrounding atmosphere are in the throes of an obvious human-caused climate change free fall death spiral, there is no shortage of evidence showing that Hudson City Hall has its collective head in the sand, treating the local environment and the entire planet like a toxic waste dump not worth any respect. Isn't it a fact that the U.S. federal government is the nation's biggest polluter? This appears to also be true on a local scale here with Hudson's government.

First there is this:

Like Lima Beans, Either You Love 'Em Or You Hate 'Em

Of all the household fixtures that this dumpster diver rues seeing headed to a landfill, vintage colored bathroom fixtures are near the top of my list. Plain white toilet, even a working one?  Good riddance!  Pink, yellow or blue toilet or sink?  "Hey, who is going to take this home?"  (It sucks that they are so heavy!)  I don't need any colored bathroom fixtures right now, but I know that there is a market for the wonderfully colored toilets and (especially) sinks from 1950's America and, well... it seems such a shame to see them trashed so easily.  Leave it at the curb for at least a few hours to see if someone will take it away before putting it in the trailer!  

What Else Does He Ignore That His "Boss," The Mayor, Allows Him To?

On too many occasions over the past seven years, I've seen it and done my best to avoid it every time I am fortunate enough to be headed to or from Lucky's after a decent rain.  Lucky me and everyone else out on two feet!  

(No, this is not another story about Michael Madison!) 

More Self-Inflicted Damage And Lost Revenue At City Hall. Is Anyone Doing Anything To Put An End To It?

Today: Lights on, blue car with flat tire 
still there and one fourth of the meters inoperable.
Oh, and the lot is a mess, including overgrown weeds.

I recently noticed that the parking meters in the City Hall Municipal Parking Lot on Columbia Street were looking ignored, so this morning I decided to count the number of inoperable meters, something I hadn't done in many months.

It's Official: Our DPW Superintendent Really Doesn't Care About You Or ...

There might as well be a hanging sign that
says "Robert Perry hopes you get run over!"

...me, your neighbors, your grandparents, your siblings, your dog, your local friends or friends visiting from out of town, your spouse or lover, your mother or father, sister or brother or anyone else you may or may not know or care about.  Robert Perry seems to only care about himself.

2 things have occurred in the past year which support my claim.