The Observation Deck

This was taken at 10:30pm this evening in front of Edgewater Towers, looking west:

Photo duel!

Good observations. The crews must have come and fixed them sometime yesterday evening after I reported them. They usually are pretty efficient, with a 1-3 day repair time, providing that the issue is not more complex than a bulb, photocell, or starter replacement.

No need to sweat. I filled out the online form, and look who I see the next day, repairing the streetlight that has been out since spring on Clifton near Hird. It was one of those ones I admittedly never got around to reporting until now.
About twenty minutes later, they were spotted on Coutant, repairing another one that I called in.

If you see a streetlight out, get the address and pole number (if available) and call it in here:
https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content ... oblem.html

Last night, I counted 21 streetlights out. This included a good portion of Detroit, a good portion of Madison, and a few smaller streets.

Most of the burned-out streetlights were in Wards 1 and 4. I counted 12 streetlights out in ward 1 and 6 out in ward 4. The rest are in Ward 2. I counted zero out in ward 3. I counted two out in a row on Riverside and two out in a row on West Clifton.

See below for an updated list of burned-out streetlights I have reported or will soon be reporting. I have now reported roughly 274 since October 2015.
The question is: what is my tax money paying for? I shouldn't have to go out, using my time and hard-earned gas money to do work that the councilmen and the mayor should be doing. I haven't been on a streetlight run in a while, and I saw the consequences of that. 21 streetlights out on just a few streets, not counting the far north or far south portions of town. That is unacceptable, in my opinion.

Shall I send an invoice for my time and gas money to council or the mayor?

Call your councilmen and ask them how many streetlights they have reported recently: http://www.onelakewood.com/findget/lake ... y-council/

It appears they are devoting all of their time to covering their rear ends with the hospital deal, and are not paying much attention to their wards.

Lori---thanks for your citizen efforts. Stan

It should be noted here that I have now reported 284 burned-out streetlights in Lakewood. Wards 1 and 4 are the worst. I have seen very few burned-out lights in Wards 2 or 3 recently.