Darkness
The Downtown power failure brings to light (ouch! sorry...) a number of issues.
There were dire warnings of exactly this occurrence as recently as last year. Was anyone listening? Was any preventative action taken?
Has either the Province or the City taken stock in infrastructure lately? Do we have an inventory hidden in some vault somewhere?
And, how reassuring to hear BC Hydro rush to the podium to confirm that they never promised anybody a rose garden, or even regular delivery of service.
We balance precariously on a deck of (stacked) cards...hang onto those candles.
2 comments:
David: Yesterday's quotes/belly-laughs of the day:
A talk-show host asked why Hydro or the police could not get a sense of the affected perimeters from a traffic 'copter.
Answer? The helicopter does not fly on Mondays!
After which a hobby-golfer who had been playing a Richmond course at the time of the downtown blowout, called in to say that the VPD had a golf tournament underway. When he asked them who was manning the downtown fort, the drum-roll answer was...the rookies.
Now - I can confirm the first quote 'cos I heard it myself. The second one, of course, is hearsay.
Liz J,
So, just where to those rates we pay go to in the first place? Is not some income put aside to deal with infrastructure renewal?
Or is it just "Tax the rube."
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