Piedmont cancels ‘Pothole Purge Day’ due to overwhelming negativity on social media

POTHOLES THAT WAS THE PLAN IN PIEDMONT UNTIL THE TOWN POSTED ABOUT IT AND GOT SOME PUSHBACK. YEAH. KOCO COLBY TERRELL JOINS US LIVE. COLBY, YOU HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO SAID, THAT'S NOT MY JOB? ABBY PIEDMONT TOLD THEIR RESIDENTS TO COME OUT HERE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THIS SATURDAY, AND THEY WOULD TEACH THEM HOW TO FILL A POTHOLE. THEIR IDEA WAS TO GIVE THEM SOME OF THIS COLD, PATCHED ASPHALT, SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN HAVE THEM FILL THEIR POTHOLES THERE.

BUT THAT DIDN'T GO OVER TOO WELL. MAYBE A LITTLE SILLY IF YOUOU'RE LOOKING TO GET A POTHOLE FILLED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CITY OF PIEDMONT THOUGHT THEY HAD A SOLUTION, BUT ONLY IF YOU WERE WILLING TO DO THE WORK YOURSELF. IF THE ROADS ARE PRETTY BAD, KUDOS TO THEM IF THEY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S GREAT. BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT. THEIR PLAN WAS TO HOST A PIEDMONT POTHOLE PURGE DAY, WHERE THEY WOULD TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO FILL A POTHOLE AND THEN FILL YOUR BUCKET WITH ASPHALT TO TAKE BACK TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MY TIME BECAUSE I PAY MY TAX DOLLARS. WHILE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE FOR THE IDEA ON FACEBOOK EVEN SAYING IT PUT THE POWER IN THE COMMUNITY'S HANDS, THE CITY ENDED UP CANCELING THE EVENT, BLAMING OVERWHELMING NEGATIVITY. I FIGURED, UH, FROM WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING, THAT IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO OVER TOO GOOD. ONE RESIDENT I SPOKE TO SAYS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. HE JUST DOESN'T THINK IT'S THEIR JOB. AFTER PAYING TAXES. I KNOW THEY'RE THERE AND I SLOW DOWN FOR THEM, BUT PEOPLE THAT THAT COME HERE FROM OTHER PLACES, I'M SURE THEY WHEN THEY DRIVE ON THESE ROADS, THEY'RE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS THIS IS BAD. I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD TALK MORE, BUT THEY JUST REFERRED ME BACK TO THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA STATEMENTS.

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