There was something that I notice while I was putting up
signs. On Miller Road, from Breiel
eastward to Miller Ridge school, we have the olde tyme phony gas street
lamps. Well, they must not have given
off enough light, because the standard, modern street lights have also been
installed.
Besides that obvious added capital costs, we citizens have
had (and will continue to have) the privilege of paying for the extra
electricity required for the redundant lamps every month, right along with all
of the other street lights in town.
Oh, and by the way, there is a brand new modern school on
one side of the street, and three brand new modern houses on the other side of
the street, and that is it. The olde tyme phony street
lamps really look out of place. It makes
one wonder how they ever got a “certificate of appropriateness” out of the
Historic Commission, because they certainly don’t look appropriate. So, does this mean that we'll be installing the phony lights on ALL new or rebuilt streets from now on??? If so, Josh better raise the amount a whole lot higher...and Ms. G. better raise her street light electricity fee a whole lot higher, too.
------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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