Repair

repair ?

Aug 31, 2008 by shorty | Posted in Polls & Surveys

Do you consider yourself a fix it person ? Name something you can fix.

yes.....a frayed vacuum belt....and change the vacuum bag....

REPAIR

Whistleblower: Finger-pointing hinders repairs

19.05.12

Rotting wooden railroad ties and crumbling asphalt have long created a bumpy ride for south Minneapolis drivers and bicyclists traveling E. 35th Street near the grain elevators off Hiawatha Avenue.

But while minor patches were made last week, it's not clear when the road hazard will get a permanent repair. Doing so will require cooperation between three companies and the city, but for the moment, the groups are pointing fingers at each other over who will shoulder the biggest burden of the estimated $400,000 cost.

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — A bond measure to repair and improve city streets in San Francisco moved a step closer to making it on the November ballot Friday. The city’s Board of Supervisors voted to define how the $248 million measure, sponsored by Supervisor Scott Weiner would be funded.

Not all are on-board with Weiner’s proposal as it raises questions about whether bond money should be used for on-going government expenses.

Bonds were used to rebuild city hall after the Loma Prieta earthquake, the new Laguna Honda Hospital and currently to rebuild San Francisco General Hospital. They provide money to upgrade water systems and to build schools. Now the supervisors are poised to put the street-improvement bond on the November ballot, but Supervisor Sean Elsbernd said that’s bad public policy.

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