City Doesn’t Know Who Owns A Pole

Bridget Conant · Post by **Bridget Conant** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:16 pm

TV news station reporting a dangerous pole leaning over on Arthur Ave and frightening a homeowner. She calls ATT, First Energy, and the city and they all point at each other. So typical.

The news station calls the city of Lakewood, First Energy, and ATT. First Energy and ATT respond. The City if Lakewood does not. So typical.

http://www.cleveland19.com/2019/03/21/l ... o-owns-it/

cmager · Post by **cmager** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:14 pm

Bridget Conant wrote:TV news station reporting a dangerous pole leaning over on Arthur Ave and frightening a homeowner. She calls ATT, First Energy, and the city and they all point at each other. So typical. The news station calls the city of Lakewood, First Energy, and ATT. First Energy and ATT respond. The City if Lakewood does not. So typical.
http://www.cleveland19.com/2019/03/21/l ... o-owns-it/

Brilliant! Team Summers consumes the investigative team at Channel 19 with basic public works questions, thus distracting from the excavators working the hospital site.

Bret Callentine · Post by **Bret Callentine** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:57 am

similar thing happened to me a couple years ago. the pole out in front of my house started to lean, dangerously, out over the street. Everyone I called insisted it was someone else's problem to fix. So after a frustrating couple of days trying to get something done, I changed tactics... I called back each of the groups, and asked each of them for their names, so that when the pole falls into traffic, or perhaps onto some kids walking home from school, the affected parties will know who to name in the lawsuit...

I had two teams on site removing the pole that afternoon.

Bridget Conant · Post by **Bridget Conant** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:07 am

Bret

Good job!

Did you know who actually removed it? That should indicate who owned it. Just curious who it was.

Bret Callentine · Post by **Bret Callentine** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:25 am

in the end it was a general contractor that came out, but I never really got a conclusive answer (aka - not sure who finally paid the bill), but for mine, the pole really only was there for the School Speed Limit sign, so I think the city was eventually the one one the hook even though it was originally put in by First Energy.

Bret Callentine · Post by **Bret Callentine** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:32 am

here's the original thread...

http://lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewt ... ine#p78421

Bret Callentine · Post by **Bret Callentine** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:33 am

and the final result...

http://lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewt ... ole#p88826

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