The Bench is happy to report that the huge puddle in the 1500 block of W. Morse Avenue is gone. No thanks to DevCorp, no thanks to SSA#24, no thanks to 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore. No thanks to a ditch digging mechanics liens attorney.After months of writing about it, The Bench had a conversation with a locally influential resident on the corner of Morse and Greenview. She made a single phone call on Monday, June 9. On Tuesday, June 10 Assistant Commissioner Thomas LaPorte of the Department of Water Management and several other DWM people came to inspect the befuddling puddle. Alderman Moore tagged along, simply observing and doing his best to stay out of the way of people who actually know what they're doing.
On Wednesday, June 11 the puddle was gone. The manhole and the drain beneath it had been cleaned out. Problem solved.Let's review. That puddle was there since last fall. DevCorp people, SSA people, Joe Moore's people paid it no attention. The Bench, however, stayed on it. Finally, within a three-day span, the problem was resolved with a single conversation, a single phone call, a quick visit from DMW, and a fast-working crew.
No thanks to DevCorp, no thanks to SSA#24, no thanks to 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore. No thanks to any ditch digging mechanics liens attorney.
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