Subj : I get occasional power outages. Normally blamed on trees as well. But
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 16:58:03

Hi Charles!

17 Nov 20 16:45, you wrote to me:

 CP> I think the biggest take away people got from our situation was how
 CP> outdated our utility infrastructure was.  And all these years later,
 CP> little has changed.

Most communities are quite poor.  Even my town (governed by a mayor and counsil) is struggling.  Their solution is to raise taxes - perpetually? They also lobby for federal/provincial monies, but it always seems like trying to take food from a wolf.

Meanwhile, there are empty commercial spaces - unoccupied for years. No one can afford to participate in the town rates for taxes.  The end result.. infrastructure costs are not acquired and the town plumbing/sewage/elctrical/streets all fall apart.

There should be a more fluid and evenly spread-out application of the monies in gov't coffers for infrastructure repairs - no questions asked.



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