If Kunsleman or any councilperson actually meant what they say and have not drunk enough of Mr Fraser’s Kool Aid, he should be asked about his “follow up”, publicly, at every opportunity.

My neighborhood sidewalks have been surveyed three times in 20 years. The sidewalk in front of my home has been cited for repair two times since I’ve lived here. I made all the required repairs even tho they were no lifted blocks and only minimal cracking. Yet a block away from my home, slabs are lifted, cracked and broken. More than a few carry the marks that indicate they must be replaced or repaired, yet after several years, they are still in violation. I walk and bike around town and for many years have noticed sidewalks in far worse condition than my own in many different neighborhoods. W Summit is a prime example. Many blocks along 7th are in extremely poor condition. Even the sidewalks on Main St are in worse condition in places than the ones on my block. Yet they and many others remain in violation and unrepaired to this day.

The sidewalk program is a effin’ sham. It is arbitrary and poorly enforced. It is one the most onerous, anti homeowner infrastructure programs in city government. Why do we pay some of the highest taxes in the state and still pay extra to repair the sidewalks in front of our own homes?

Whoever is in charge of this program in city hall should be fired, then keelhauled. then cast to the demons in hell. Any politician who has anything good to say or who does not work to repeal this most onerous and poorly administered program will not get my vote, EVER! The next time my sidewalk gets cited I will refuse to repair it and fight any prosecution the city may deem necessary.