So will Huether pull a Harvey? Soon?
As a former city public official pointed out to me tonight, the sewer problems are not about water usage, sump pumps or the weather (well they are not helping).
What really happened was there was a blocked pipe and failed pump station.
Add up all the rain and citizens having the nerve to wash clothes and take showers, and what you have is a domino affect. This of course all goes back to Munson ignoring infrastructure and his two main men, Cooper and Cotter not doing anything about it. While I don’t blame Huether for the current fiasco, I do expect him to set the record straight.
So what is it Mike? Rain or blocked pipes? Sump pumps or a failed pump station? Or all of the above?
I think it is great you want to inform us, but please, tell us the rest of the story, Mike Harvey.
UPDATE: I hope to be speaking to an actual person involved with this lawsuit, that has to do with the infrastructure neglect. This quote from a lawyer in the lawsuit is priceless;
“It seems like, for a good period of the ’90s and virtually all the first decade of the 2000s, the city has been enamored with projects that are quality-of-life things, which are all wonderful and necessary, but they haven’t been taking care of the basic infrastructure of the city,”