tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post8528911401633968764..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: hungry? dirty clothes?Dan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-91767858354556316292008-06-17T11:06:00.000-04:002008-06-17T11:06:00.000-04:00As of 9 pm, water pressure has been restored and t...As of 9 pm, water pressure has been restored and the use restrictions have been lifted. The boil water order remains in effect. See WSSC's press release at http://www.wssc.dst.md.us/info/releases/061708C.cfmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168865615474569706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-2983675777246887082008-06-17T08:31:00.000-04:002008-06-17T08:31:00.000-04:00What an annoyance!Let's see, one night, the vote p...What an annoyance!<BR/><BR/>Let's see, one night, the vote passes for a $20.00/month "infrastructure maintenance surcharge". Even as the vote takes place, a main ruptures on Urbana Drive right across from the Glenmont MetroRail station. <BR/><BR/>Then the next morning, a 4-foot pipe bursts. <BR/><BR/>Will that twenty-a-month surcharge be too little too late?<BR/><BR/>Is this just more of the old "Failure to Forsee" for which the County is starting to become infamous? <BR/><BR/>Failure to plan ahead for end-of-lifetime for infrastructure, and saying "it's paid for now so let's not worry about it, let's spend the money elsewhere" will lead to the urban planning equivalent of dying of old age in the poorhouse.<BR/><BR/>It's time for the County to add even <I>more</I> fees and taxes! <BR/><BR/>Because, ya know, it doesn't matter if the County says "sure we tax a lot but look at all of the services", if they cannot deliver the services because there is no working delivery infrastructure.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many people's welfare checks got mailed out yesterday when the offices were closed because the water was unsafe. I wonder how many people got their rent paid for them when the electrical power was off because of the storms. <BR/><BR/>Sure, these aren't the responsibility of the County, it's just that the County has regulatory oversight and is responsible for being sure that the infrastructure is indeed maintained. <BR/><BR/>And increasingly... it's just not happening. <BR/><BR/>Failure of foresight: people have to always remember, that even in the height of summer... <I>Winter Is Coming</I>.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242946497119292615noreply@blogger.com