Comments on: Drainage Issue has Citizen Feeling Ignored by the City of Tallahassee

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:57:34 +0000

Perhaps Ms. Williams should “accidentally” trip on the uneven city sidewalk on her property. A payment of $100k should be forthcoming as the city recently set a precedent for “sidewalk trips” as a payout for $100k was made to a city commissioner’s wife recently who “tripped” on a city sidewalk.

Happy tripping!

By: bob fulford

bob fulford — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:45:50 +0000

A city employee is quoted here as saying “this is unfortunate but it is the law”. Perhaps. But is it ethical? Maybe it’s time to have our new ethics officer take a look.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:28:06 +0000

I have had similar issues with the City of Tallahassee. This has been going on for decades. They pretty much just do what they want, no land surveys and destruction of property, light poles where they deem fit, forget the right-of-way. But if YOU divert water, if YOU try to use your land the way you want, they jump down your throat. And, if you do anything to your property, you get harassed, fined and penalized. I got the same thing, letters and run-around until I just gave up. You either sue or get the shaft. And if you sue, the lawyer takes half the money and you still can’t fix the problem. Unfortunately, she’s gone public. Had she not already drawn attention to the issue, I would have said for her to quietly build a berm, a flower garden, a water diversion. The problem with that is that you just push your problem off to your neighbor. Man, I could tell you the stories, but I have flowers to tend. ; )

COT leaves you no choice.