Letter: Shining a light on government inefficiency
To the community,
OK, so I really don’t want to be “that old guy,” but I’m having a problem getting something taken care of and at this point I think the only way is to go public.
Months ago I noticed that a streetlight was out across from my house. I pay an addition fee to STPUD for this light. I contacted STPUD to tell them that the light as out. The person I spoke with there told me to contact Liberty Utilities to have it fixed because I guess STPUD has a deal with Liberty Utilities about our street lights. I mentioned I pay STPUD for the light and asked if they could forward the issue to them because of their working relationship. I was told no.
Next I contacted Liberty Utilities about the streetlight. The contact at Liberty Utilities replied that they let the “South Lake Tahoe Engineering Department” know about the issue.
OK, I was told it was Liberty that was responsible for the light. No worries as long as it gets fixed.
Well, here we are months after my first contact and the light is still out. Also, I just received my current STPUD bill and they want me to pay a “streetlight fee” again even though I haven’t had the service for the last four months.
Now call me crazy, but I think I should receive a service if I pay for it. I will also mention that all my neighbors also pay a “streetlight fee” and they also have not received services that they pay for.
Would someone please fix the streetlight.
John Spinola, South Lake Tahoe
Most of the time it is the ‘John Q Public” that is the problem.
The ‘guys and girls’ that answer the phones and drive around town in their ‘public’ vehicles. Lounging on street corners and under trees with their cell phones on.
These public employees exercise a specific kind of, we’re better than you (the general public) are, attitude that trickles down from their superiors.
Three or four trucks, two or three suits and one guy in HOLE with a shovel.
‘They’ think they’re cool hot shots.
Good luck with that street light!
How about the sawhorse in the middle of View Circle for the last two months sitting over a pothole. Way to go EDC Dept. of Transportation. BTW, your legal liability is showing. I believe Prevagen is for memory enhancement, maybe you folks should try it.