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Title: Christmas Pothole
Post by: US71 on December 03, 2019, 10:59:47 AM
McComb Mississippi (https://www.10tv.com/article/mississippi-residents-protest-pothole-holiday-decor-2019-dec) celebrates the holidays with a Christmas Pothole
Title: Re: Christmas Pothole
Post by: formulanone on December 03, 2019, 11:06:15 AM
Also, with two Mississippi-style Festivus poles.

(https://www.10tv.com/sites/default/files/potholeree-mississippi2.jpg)
Title: Re: Christmas Pothole
Post by: The Ghostbuster on December 03, 2019, 12:58:59 PM
This is a very interesting story. I suppose it was also cheaper than filling in the blasted pothole. Is Mississippi too broke to fill in their potholes?
Title: Re: Christmas Pothole
Post by: jeffandnicole on December 03, 2019, 01:19:48 PM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on December 03, 2019, 12:58:59 PM
This is a very interesting story. I suppose it was also cheaper than filling in the blasted pothole. Is Mississippi too broke to fill in their potholes?

Simple answer: No.

Longer answer:  Depends on the agency responsible for the road where the pothole is located.  Municipal, County, State?  If it's the state but in an out-of-way, little used road, they probably don't care too much to come out.  If it's in a town, maybe they're just too lazy to grab some asphalt for a single hole. Or maybe the pothole was never reported.  People will complain to each other, on Facebook, texting, etc, but often will never contact the proper agency responsible for the roadway.  Or maybe it just happened, and a resident decided to start by taking a traffic cone (most likely stolen from a transportation agency in the first place) and someone decided to go wild.