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Good afternoon, The story in today’s BEE reveals a remarkable truth. I do not think that was the goal of the story, but if you would please pay attention to the map on the back page of the front section (page A 14), you can see what the truth REALLY is. To summarize, the BEE tells us that Modestan’s have a flooding problem when it rains. Please remember, when the Mayor/Council/bureaucrats talk about the storm sewer problem, they always tell us the problem exists because the system is SOOOOO OLD! Well, take a look at the map! Where are the areas that are emphasized as experiencing “PERSISTENT FLOODING DURING STORMS BECAUSE OF BACKLOGGED DRAINS”? They are predominantly in the newer, north part of our city. The vast amount of area NORTH of Standiford/Sylvan is almost brand new development. The entire area north of Briggsmore between Coffee and Oaldale is virtually brand new. The area east of Lakewood and south of Briggsmore is new. Why would these new areas experience “persistent flooding”????? Could it be because our city is so badly managed that the most recently created infrastructure is the worst infrastructure in our city? Could it be that new development was so badly planned and executed that the infrastructure is just plain lousy? To be fair, there are some older, small and separated areas, probably county islands, that have problems. But the vast majority of problems exist where the sewers are NOT 100 years old, are NOT made of redwood, and are NOT the result of decades of neglect. Even if these problems are directly related to incompetent city managers and council people, YOU are going to pay for it. Brad Hawn promises an “innovative” way to fix things. I sincerely doubt that. Hawn’s solution will be to charge you $40 dollars for what you are currently spending $4 dollars. We need to tell these “leaders” and bureaucrats what we think of them when it comes to voting to pay them more money to fail, again. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Dave
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