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Old 12-15-2012, 05:48 PM
mpolli mpolli is offline
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy View Post
Around here they get the cities to install speed bumps and even speed gates. Because when you know the right people you can get just about anything you want.

I know of one where they closed off a public street to prevent cutting threw with a private gate.

IMHO I don't care that they do it, but they should be forced to buy the road from the city, privatize it and maintain it.
I would think that would raise the property values, so their taxes should go up.
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