City fixes what isn't broken and ignores what is

Did anyone else notice that the city of Wausau just repaved 17th Ave. from Sherman St. to Stewart Ave? They did this while ignoring the area of 17th Ave that has been in need of repair for years, the corner of 17th and Stewart north to Bridge St.



I could understand putting new asphalt down on the stretch they did if they did something such as replace sewer or water lines, but no, they just ripped out and replaced the pavement.



Goin back a little further, the city decided on it's own that they should block off access to Stewart Ave from the neighborhood to the south between 17th Ave and 24th Ave. They claimed that the people of the neighborhood wanted it, but talking to people who have lived there for years, it becomes clear the city talked to maybe 2 people. Again it was a project that didn't need to be done. The area was fine without that.



The city also decided, without giving any notice I might add, to repave 3rd St from Bridge St. North. The road was just fine. Yes it had a couple of rough spots, but it wasn't in as bad of shape as many other roads in this city.



Now the city wants to take the 400 block and add a bunch of stuff to it. Once again we have a perfectly functional area that the city wants to fix. There is no need for it, but yet the city is going to fix it. Sure they will be using private donations to build it, or so they say. In reality the city will probably end up paying for most of the work instead of private donations. Even if the work were all done by private donations, the city will be on the hook for paying for the maintanace of the new structures and aminaties. It is a lose / lose for the taxpayers of Wausau.



What makes this plan even worse is that the majority of people pushing for these "improvements" don't even live in the city of Wausau. Many live in surrounding communities. But alas, what is a citizen of Wausau supposed to do?



As usual the city of Wausau will do what it wants and damn the taxpayers. After all we are too stupid to understand what the city does. The average citizen of Wausau doesn't get a say in what happens here because we don't have enough money to put into the pockets of the city. We can't grease the skids of the powers that be,.



What makes it worse is that the people who got elected on the promise of being different, are acting the same as veteran elected officials of Wausau. Damn the people. The city knows best what the city needs and wants. Damn the people that is unless they live in the right neighborhood, work at the right job, wear the right clothes, shop at the right stores and most of all pad the pockets of the city.