Taxes should fix roads
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Editor,
First off, I am sorry the levy didn’t pass for the roads. I guess the American people are very tired of being taxed to death.
Last fall in Valley View, the sander came out for no reason I could see — there was no snow or ice on the roads. So money was spent for wages for that driver and fuel to bring out the truck.
In the spring the grader came out, came down our road and did not even put the blade down. The grader came out again; this time they graded but did not take off the washboards or the potholes.
Then this month comes all this wonderful gravel on part of Apple Road — not all of Apple Road — which did no good, because the ruts and washboards were not taken off.
This spring, when they patched Eli Gap and the other roads, did they flip a coin on which spots they were going to fix? Eli Gap has been patched so many times it is rougher than a gravel road.
There is a spot on the west end of Forman Road that was not patched that needs a flag.
Then you go over to the north end of Peace Road, and you have three pools of water all the way across the road.
One winter I called in because Seifert Lane wasn’t plowed, and the remark I received was, “Those people knew that road wasn’t maintained when they built there.”
Do we not pay taxes to have that county road maintained? Yes, I know you need money, and I ask this question again: Does everyone in Lake County pay road taxes? If not, why do the rest of us have to make up for them?
Maybe the reason the levy didn’t pass is because people see how the roads are maintained now and in past years. Yes, we chose to live in the country, but we pay taxes to have the roads maintained.
Taking out equipment and not doing anything is a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Kelly Bailey
Valley View
