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Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does

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Re: Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does

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Alright, it's worth a try. I'll do it at night in a balaclava though, because I live in the USA and no matter whether it's local, state, or federal government they'd rather spend $100k prosecuting this than $1k fixing the hole.

Ah, we did it in plan sight, but I guess in the US is different. I head about people arrested while truing to fix the pothole themselves, but not for painting it, yet.

Re: Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does

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Alright, it's worth a try. I'll do it at night in a balaclava though, because I live in the USA and no matter whether it's local, state, or federal government they'd rather spend $100k prosecuting this than $1k fixing the hole.

if you can send some pictures later, on the page there is a anonymous way to send us stuff

Re: Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does

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Alright, it's worth a try. I'll do it at night in a balaclava though, because I live in the USA and no matter whether it's local, state, or federal government they'd rather spend $100k prosecuting this than $1k fixing the hole.

Ah, we did it in plan sight, but I guess in the US is different. I head about people arrested while truing to fix the pothole themselves, but not for painting it, yet.

> but not for painting it, yet

https://cbsaustin.com/news/offbeat/greater-cincinnati-man-ch...

Re: Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does

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I find that potholes in my area generally get fixed, but it may take a while for them to get around to it. Furthermore, if it's a major divot on an interstate, you have to do more than just pothole repair: you have to scrape it down and completely re-pave the entire area.

One thing I've noticed in my travels is that it's rather difficult to have a pothole on a train track.

Re: Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, we did it in plan sight, but I guess in the US is different. I head about people arrested while truing to fix the pothole themselves, but not for painting it, yet.

> but not for painting it, yet https://cbsaustin.com/news/offbeat/greater-cincinnati-man-ch...

Do we know the outcome of the case?
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