Great post Jared! Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected]
On Sep 17, 2016, at 1:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> From: chuck >> >> Why should you even get access to my ducts or my poles in the first place? > Because you put them in the public right of way. > If you want private ducts and poles, go negotiate your own easements and > build on private land. > >> I paid to have them put in for my use. > So you did. We, the public, still get to set the rules (by proxy) on how the > poles are to be used on "our" land. > >> I realize it is somewhat the "law of >> the commons" but even then, those who file for a mining claim get the spoils >> of the mine. This is just a different kind of mine. > The mines analogy isn't really suitable as cables on poles do not > permanently consume non-renewable resources. > >> You still pay an attachment fee because you forced the upgrade of my pole. > That only makes sense if I had to pay you until the old pole was paid off. > After that you should pay me. > >> You should be grateful there is a pole there you can use in the first place. > What's there to be grateful about? I just put in my own damn pole. > If there was an existing pole there I could use, you should be grateful for > me paying it off for you. > >> Why not break out your horizontal directional drill and stay the hell off my >> poles. > Let's see how you like that argument when I pass an ordinance to underground > all utilities. > > Just because you were the first one to put in a pole, does not mean you > should be the only one allowed to benefit from the public right of way. > >> (Chuck McCown is playing the part of the pissed off, privately owned, >> electrical utility in today's episode. Chuck McCown is not actually a pole >> owner but he plays one on TV). > Jared is playing the part of the outraged and righteous member of public. In > real life Jared is just an ordinary citizen. > > Jared
