The Cities do not "overlook" them, even that gives them too much credit since they would have to at least look once, pay at least a smidge of attention. They just don't care and it is that simple. They will talk a good talk (if you are lucky enough to get some kind of response), but rest assured they lack in the walking the walk!!

It's lovely that they are redoing the landscaping around the clock in that intersection while ignoring the pot holes. Good job, Haltom City!

Reported to the street Dept.

Well, y'all managed to get the city to talk the talk...now let's wait and see if they walk the walk!?!?!?!

Slammed right into that freaking hole yesterday. Good job Street Department! NOT!

26 days later ... FYI the Street Department didn't miss the pot holes. They were in Walgreens(Broadway/Denton Hwy) shopping, just like me. I heard him say that the truck was a good 55 degrees, and that is where he was planing to spend the rest of the day. Sure enough when I left, there he was. Maybe the city should remove the air conditioners to assist the employees in their production.

I was at a code enforcement hearing a week or so ago. The city definitely has the resources to be writing tickets- perhaps they ought to ticket themselves for this serious hazard. That whole is ridiculous. Perhaps an email to someone's boss or a phone call is in order.

Emails to appropriate department head, MAYOR and COUNCIL MEMBERS, City Manager and copy every local news outlet. Pretty much every local news station has an investigative reporting department. And they LOVE pieces on employees (especially employees whose salaries are paid with taxpayers' money)! Add a link to this site, with all the unacknowledged issues, the issues that have gone unfixed, issues piling up, combined with an audio of the city employee saying he was gonna stay in his 55degree car and a video clip of him sitting in that truck doing nothing but soaking up the cold air....show that stuff on the 12o'clock, 5 o'clock and 10 o'clock news broadcasts!

Reported to street dept.

Sorry everyone, I'm new here.

I don't understand how can this issue can be closed when it is not fixed? Shouldn't Haltom City be saying "acknowleged and / or reported" and then when it is fixed, close it?

Donthackme thanks for the info. And by the way, would you happen to have the Mayor or City Managers email?

When an issue is closed on this website, it doesn't necessarily mean that the issue has been resolved.
It simply means that the issue has been referred to the appropriate department for resolution. Because of the sensitive
nature of some issues, we can't always post the steps we have taken on this website. Additionally,
citizens may not always visually see things taking place while issues are being worked and some issues may
take several months to be finished. Please remember that we take each concern seriously and make every
effort to make sure it is resolved as quickly as possible.

You are welcome to contact us by phone and request more details about issues that remain unresolved.

Months to fix a pothole?!

Hel

It seems that Haltom City Staff have chosen to take the low road even with an idea as good as seeclickfix. In reading about this site I see that Haltom City is the Licensee with sole control over what issues are closed .

Too bad they abuse the citizens only online connection to their government. A funny think happened on the way to a better city, Haltom City. The Staff has used this site to promote their own agendas. Not only does the City close discussion prematurely, they have been known to completely delete threads that they are embarrass by. When Innocent Bystander talked about City properties not in compliance the entire thread disappeared!

It seems that this site has been a great revenue generator for the City. As we note things.
The City tickets our neighbors.

The City has even seen fit to budget for more tickets and Court costs as a way to make ends meet. Thanks no doubt to us writing here on SeeClickFix.

Tickets are such an easy revenue stream that City is PLANNING to raise $2,064,742 in 2011 ( see the City Budget ) through issuing tickets. This is a 37.5 % increase over last year’s ticket receipts.

37.5 % Is a really big jump! $559,000 more

Those tickets have come from somewhere. If the budget is not met, cuts in STAFF and /or salaries , will have to be made. The easiest, most practical way to increase ticket revenue is simply to write more tickets for code violations. It difficult and expensive to place more licensed police officers catching more speeders in an effort write more tickets. Besides the citizens expect the police to catch real criminals. That places the revenue grabbing responsibility on the code officers.

On a recent scheduled Court docket 69 of the 82 items to be heard were CODE violations. Code tickets START at $250 dollars.

That is why ladies and gentlemen, issues like street potholes are quickly closed and city properties in violation are deleted.

The City LOVES this site, it has control over what is heard and what is NOT heard.

The REASON they suggest you call them is there will be no more PUBLIC scrutiny and plenty of room for later denial.

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