I wonder how old they are, the fading of collective memory regarding WWII is something I have been noticing lately here and there. The UBER brand is what got me thinking about it, I have a hard time imagining a taxi service by that name going over with my grandfather's generation.
That is a symbol that should never be displayed.
I would suggest a bright orange or reflective yellow to cover that.
In his later years my father hung up his plumb bob and took on the responsibilities of "city engineer" for a small town on the outskirts of OKC. Being the early sixties there was a good deal of residential development going on in the "bedroom" community. And there was a similar standoff between an older, life long resident and a developer that had purchase the property adjacent to him. The old farmer had a lot of pull and support and frustrated the developer at every turn. Pops put a bug in his ear to see if he could "help out".
The recent city council meeting had not only shot down the developer's request for rezoning of his recently acquired property, they had also discussed several sites for a new waste water treatment facility. Pops always denied it was his idea, but we knew better...The developer had a 4x8 sign painted up that proudly announced this was the location of the "new sewage treatment plant"...even had the Mayor and Councilmen's names on it along with the City seal.
As he was placing the sign on the property, the old farmer approached the developer to find out what was going on. He told the old guy since he couldn't develop the land, he sold it to the city for their new treatment plant. The developer acted happy and told the farmer he had made far more money selling the land to the city than by developing it. He told the farmer to call the city engineer to find out the details.
When the old guy called, Pops was totally honest with him. He told him he wasn't at liberty to discuss anything that hadn't been through council yet, but he could confirm that the developer had indeed tendered an offer to sell the land to the city (as had several other people) in their search for a wwtp site. Pops' candid honesty was enough to scare the old guy and get him off high center. He apparently withdrew his protests about the rezoning and the development eventually happened.
Pops always like the story because the land was up on a hill, one of the highest places in town; totally unsuitable for a sewage treatment plant.
paden cash, post: 378422, member: 20 wrote: Pops always like the story because the land was up on a hill, one of the highest places in town; totally unsuitable for a sewage treatment plant.
I was the contracted City Surveyor for a small community in the rural area of the Central Valley of California for a few years. The city sat right alongside the river that flowed up the valley. The original WWTP (that just dumped into the river after minimal treatment) was at the northerly end of town (the low end). When the funds for a new, modern WWTP were put in place, the city managed to acquire a nice piece of land at the southerly (higher) end of town. Part of the project was to install a 5 mile long 12" force main to pump the WW uphill to the plant.
The rumor was that a former City Manager was the original owner of the land where the new WWTP was built and so it was an "inside deal" to purchase this unsuitable land to build the WWTP.
skwyd, post: 378496, member: 6874 wrote: I was the contracted City Surveyor for a small community in the rural area of the Central Valley of California for a few years. The city sat right alongside the river that flowed up the valley. The original WWTP (that just dumped into the river after minimal treatment) was at the northerly end of town (the low end). When the funds for a new, modern WWTP were put in place, the city managed to acquire a nice piece of land at the southerly (higher) end of town. Part of the project was to install a 5 mile long 12" force main to pump the WW uphill to the plant.
The rumor was that a former City Manager was the original owner of the land where the new WWTP was built and so it was an "inside deal" to purchase this unsuitable land to build the WWTP.
Happens all the time. We call it the "good-old-boy" network here in Okie Homie.
We even had a highway commissioner back in the day that had purchased (under false names) all the obvious corner intersections where the Interstate was going to run through. He got rich, then he got poor and went to jail for his greedy deeds.
