All day I've faced the barren waste,
Without the taste of water:
Cool water. (Water.)
Old Dan and I, with throats burned dry,
An' souls that cry for water: (Water.)
Cool, (Water.)
Clear, (Water.)
Water. (Water.)
Keep a-movin, Dan,
Don't you listen to him, Dan,
He's the devil, not a man:
Spreads the burning sand with water. (Water.)
Dan, can you see that big, green tree, (Water.)
Where the water's runnin' free? (Water.)
It's waitin' there for me and you? (Water.)
Cool, (Water.)
Clear, (Water.)
Water. (Water.)Written by Bob Nolan.
(C) Music Of The West / Unichappell Music Inc.)
From "Showcase Of Hits"
Copyright 1958, Phillips
By the always-eloquent Enthused Citizen:
A HINT OF THINGS TO COME? Ogden City's Infrastructure. Nearly 100 years old. Roads, storm drains,the sewer system and the city's water supply... which means culinary. Like a taste? A little sip maybe? There's plenty of water available, here, take a look:
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This is what we have, right up on Ogden's Central East Bench."Old Dan and I with throats burnt dry, and souls that cry for water; cool, CLEAR water." Catchy little number, that. Hardly clear, though. The pipes are rotting away, sediment plugs the end lines, and the result is that what comes out of these fire hydrants is the same stuff that comes out of many East Bench homes' indoor water faucets. During the High Adventure Recreation Center 2005B Bond vote, Jesse Garcia was overheard to say, "I apologize if I care about the Infrastructure. My vote, therefore is 'NO.'"
His meaning, of course, is that the BDO revenue stream that will assure the Lender, Wells Fargo, of receiving its payment should the LLC comprised of Gold's Gym and Fat Cats go South and fail its financial obligation of over $57,000 per month, will now be used to cover that possibility...instead of those money's original intent. And that was to shore up (pardon the play on words) the City's aging Infrastructure.
They say a picture's worth a thousand words. Read it and weep, and enjoy your drink:
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If you live below Washington, enjoy the Spring run-off. It's actually called a flood and it's brought to you courtesy of the lack of city revenue needed to give the old Infrastructure a re-do.
Gary Nielsen and his bunch get it all. Maybe he'll be selling bottled water down at the Rec Center and can pipe in some of the West Ogden run-off for the Flo-Rider.
At least things will be up and running at the old mall site. Plenty of money to ensure that.
Just hold your nose and close your eyes when you're at home.
-Enthused Citizen
5 comments:
Yer full-O-crap!
We all nose dat da little mayor takes care of his own. All dem fat cats bove Harrison just got a little scotch pre-mixed with der water. Da ones dat nose be drinkin it up wid a smile, while dem dummies dat don't think der is sum rust or sumthin comin out dem taps.
Hells bells, I ainta bin to da licker store since I found out bout it.
Nice post.
Maintaining the infrastructure is the biggest challenge that the US faces. Building new stuff is where the glory lies. Maintaining it is the great expense no one wants to shoulder.
I agree that this is a great write-up, but you're too late! Why didn't you write it a couple of weeks ago, Enthused? Of course, knowing how dense the Gang of 6 is, it probably wouldn't have done any good -- even with the pictures of the muddy water (did you take them and show them to the deadheads on the City Council?) They had their blinders on and charged straight ahead! (Don't confuse them with the facts!) I can empathisize with those poor people! Back in 1963 when our 3rd child was born, and I had to fix formula for him, our water had green scum on top of it if you let it sit for 5 minutes. We were told it was safe to drink by the City, but goverment officials, city, state or federal will tell you anything if they think you'll believe it. We used to drive out to the spring in North Ogden and get a couple of gallons of "clear, cool water" because there was no way I was going to use what came out of the tap even though I boiled it!
It's disgusting when our elected officials don't care about the people they are supposed to represent, but are influenced by a bunch of young kids and ski bums with "YES" tags on, who only think of satisfying their own selfish desires. Our elected officials have to look at the whole picture, at everyone's needs -- and excuse me, I agree with Jesse, the health and welfare of the citizens come before guaranteeing that Fat Cats and Gold's Gym won't have to pay the rent if they feel like bailing out. What a sorry state Ogden has digressed to!
You got me started, but I need to stop before I turn into the Dr. of Doom. Maybe I'll use that as my monicker for this letter.
Well, good luck, Ogden! You're going to need it!
These fine photographs, which CLEARLY illustrate what condition our condition is in, were taken Wed., 23 Nov., 05, mid-afternoon. Interesting that the City crews began their winter "drain & maintain," AFTER the vote on Tue., 22 Nov., 05. I'm sure that was a coincidence.
I just happened to happen by. The water ran for over 5 minutes, before it somewhat cleared and they put the lid back on. Sheepish they were, when I snapped the photos.
Glad ya'll liked the post.
This water coming from the fire hydrant is indeed dirty looking, sort of like the water in a rug shampooer looks when you empty it, doesn't it.
We have had a filter on our kitchen faucet ever since the drought year when the water began to smell strongly of algae, and sometimes like algae that chlorine bleach had been poured on. I assume this last was after they had treated it. There was even an article in the paper that although the water did smell horrible (especially when hot,) it was perfectly safe.
We also must change these three month life filters about once a month, as do the people in the Trib's newspaper article about this problem. Remember that article? A copy of it is here:
Ogden residents tire of drinking rusty water
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