You may recall that back in early June, when we sold the Double Hovel flip house(s), Hick got a call from the mayor. It was during that time that Hick had been consulting with our lawyer about the denial from the Planning and Zoning Commission to split the flip house properties. A prospective case which became moot after the sale.
Anyhoo... at that time the mayor had said the city was going to fix the sidewalk at our Bargain House flip property, after the budget was set in July. Hick took that as a promise, but I was suspicious that the whole conversation was just a fact-finding mission by the mayor, concerning a possible lawsuit about the zoning.
Anyhoo... on Thursday, Hick called the mayor, and asked when the sidewalk was being fixed.
"I told him it's after July now, into the next fiscal year, so I wondered when the sidewalk would be fixed. I told him I'd fallen twice on it since we last talked."
"Have you?"
"Well, no... but I STUMBLED a couple times, and I COULD have fallen and got hurt!"
"I bet they're not going to fix it. You're not holding a lawsuit over their head anymore. He doesn't need to make you happy for anything."
"Huh. He DID say that he's not sure they have the money. That they DISCUSSED the sidewalk. But he didn't really say they were going to fix it.
I think the reason is because it's not a normal city sidewalk. It needs a retaining wall. It's not like the front sidewalk, that's level, and you can just pour the cement down on a gravel bed. It will need a retaining wall. That's what they should have done when they first built it. Then they built up the road, and now the sidewalk is collapsing into the yard. To fix it right, it will probably cost them an extra $3000 to $4000. So I'm not sure what they're going to do."
Typical glad-handing from a politician. If they don't need you to scratch their back, no reason for them to scratch yours! A lot of dirty hands, without one washing the other.
But seriously. Does this look like it's NOT a normal city sidewalk?
It's definitely a sidewalk, built by the city. And should be maintained by the city. I wonder about the liability if a person would trip on it and be injured. I guess the city is willing to take a chance on the odds of that happening. I know they're not made of money, and this would only affect a small number of people.
The mayor should never have told Hick they would fix the sidewalk, before he checked into the feasibility of such repairs.
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