I also noticed the damaged lamp post while attending National Night Out in Wick Park.
Perhaps some Forum members living on the north side could see to it that this lamp post is replaced or repaired by the Park Department.
The Park Department surely knows about it and since it is their responsability to maintain the park, they should have been on it. Obviously they're not doing their job, but then that's par for the course.
Have you considered the notion that perhaps the parks dept. may be understaffed and just not have enough people available to fix this particular problem yet?
How long has this been damaged? I didn't notice it when I was in the neighborhood on July 26th.
Anyone can inform the park dept of the problem it doesn't have to be someone that lives on the northside or in the city, or even in the state for that matter.
It's possible that it happened such a short time before the photo that Jay could have been the first to notice it (besides the person that did it) and therefore the first to report it.
Quote from: jay on August 05, 2010, 06:11:57 AM
I also noticed the damaged lamp post while attending National Night Out in Wick Park.
i was at the National Night Out in Wick Park too and noticed the park dept chair jason whitehead standing in front of it while he was on the phone. i wonder if he was on the phone reporting the lamp post to the proper authorities. the park dept knew about this event well in advance. the park dept did nothing to prepare the park for this annual event. this is what ytown residence receive by allowing MY Mayor "J" having complete controll over the park and recreation dept.
I'll report the issue on behalf of the Wick Park Neighborhood Association just for some more backup (if necessary).
I would like to know how this lamp post was damaged. It is between two sidewalks.
Did a vehicle drive there to hit it?
Did a group of people push it over?
The savages from the ranks of the entitled probably tried to remove the post for scrap.
Quote from: Youngstownshrimp on August 05, 2010, 11:44:26 PM
The savages from the ranks of the entitled probably tried to remove the post for scrap.
i would not put it past from the ghetto, trailor trash and white trash people that leave in Town. Town residents deserve the same kind of services that are paid through their taxes that comes into Town that the subs receive from their elected officials. the current mayor's administration are the same slackers or the same attitudes that were brought on from the Ungaro and McKelvey administrations to Williams administration. there are many good residents living in Town that deserve the same kind of quality of life situations that are offered in other villiages, towns and townships residents, but the Town residents are given the cold shoulder from this current mayor's administration's dept heads for assistance for their concerns.
Let's get back to reality for a minute here.
This isn't a quality of life issue. It's a broken lamp post.
If it's broke it probably needs replaced. Does the park have a spare just sitting around? Is replacing it even a park dept job? Is it even a city job, or does Ohio Edison have to replace it? Are there more important things that are already scheduled? Will more important things come up before it's fixed? So many questions.....
And for the record, I don't believe for two seconds that it would get fixed any faster in the villiages, towns and townships.
Looks like a safety hazard to me, someone should tear it all the way down. Then we can deposit it the mayors office to remind him that its broke.
Here's a really novel idea:
Could someone just drive over to Wick Park, with a couple of
painted black metal stakes and a sledgehammer and a couple
black nylon cable-ties and just doctor the damn thing up a little?
The lamp post is leaning. It is NOT torn out of the ground [YET],
and would easily be patched up until it can be replaced. Two or three
well-placed metal stakes will make it stand upright, just like a young wounded
tree.
Problem solved.
That would be my solution.
The city would probably charge you with vandalism.
Such is the bizzaro reality of modern society.
Quote from: Rick Rowlands on August 11, 2010, 08:37:22 PM
Such is the bizzaro reality of modern society.
Not that I disagree, but, if a person got hurt while trying to fix the lamp post, even without the city's permission, they could probably still sue the city for damages. They may lose, but the city would still have to pay to defend itself. So, they would probably want to discourage such acts of good will.
Remember, we now have warnings on coffee cups that let us know that the contents may be hot.
The electricity for the lamp is probably supplied by an underground cable. It might not be a good idea to pound metal stakes in the ground around the lamp post.
I walked through Wick Park this evening. The lamp post has not been removed or repaired.
The only update I can offer is that they have been reported (along with the light posts with burnt out light bulbs). We plan to have someone from the city provide an explanation at our next Wick Park Neighborhood Association meeting if the situation isn't corrected by that time.
Quote from: DefendYoungstown on August 26, 2010, 10:12:45 PM
The only update I can offer is that they have been reported (along with the light posts with burnt out light bulbs). We plan to have someone from the city provide an explanation at our next Wick Park Neighborhood Association meeting if the situation isn't corrected by that time.
keep us posted. i know the neighbors around the northside pool are going to start a petition to shut down the northside pool for good due to the violent and disrespectful behavior from the pool attendees.
You mean the pool that got the stimulus money? That pool has already garnered national attention because of the pork spent in reopening it, and now the locals want to see it closed down for good! Oh boy, where is Rush's address.... He'll love this one!!!
Quote from: iwasthere on August 30, 2010, 01:15:50 PM
keep us posted. i know the neighbors around the northside pool are going to start a petition to shut down the northside pool for good due to the violent and disrespectful behavior from the pool attendees.
The solution is NOT to shut down the pool for good. The solution is to shut down the PEOPLE who are
causing the problems AT the pool - lock their a$$es up and let the rest of the decent folks that try to
enjoy themselves at the pool do so in peace.
Like that will ever happen. Its easier to shut down the pool than get the YPD to arrest and lock up criminals.
alllan there were four policeofficiers at the pool throughout the summer but thier presence did not help.