Comments on: Criminal http://www.friscovista.com/news/2009/10/28/criminal/ A Window on Northern California Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nancy http://www.friscovista.com/news/2009/10/28/criminal/comment-page-1/#comment-27154 Nancy Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:16:21 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/?p=716#comment-27154 Yes, what's so scary about this is that the broken cable was not one of the original cables, dating from the 1930's but one that's far more recent. I keep wondering what happened to quality control, who produced the steel and where did our "can do" ethic go? The bridge needs one of those protective deities that you have up on the Asian Museum blog along with some followers of Kali to drag off and punish those responsible for the shoddy work. Yes, what’s so scary about this is that the broken cable was not one of the original cables, dating from the 1930’s but one that’s far more recent. I keep wondering what happened to quality control, who produced the steel and where did our “can do” ethic go?
The bridge needs one of those protective deities that you have up on the Asian Museum blog along with some followers of Kali to drag off and punish those responsible for the shoddy work.

]]> By: xensen http://www.friscovista.com/news/2009/10/28/criminal/comment-page-1/#comment-27151 xensen Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23:57 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/?p=716#comment-27151 Who installed the 5,000-pound piece of steel that only lasted about seven weeks before falling on unsuspecting drivers who assumed that when CalTrans said the repair "went perfect" that meant the bridge was safe for traffic? I don't think it was the people who built the original bridge in the 1930s. Who installed the 5,000-pound piece of steel that only lasted about seven weeks before falling on unsuspecting drivers who assumed that when CalTrans said the repair “went perfect” that meant the bridge was safe for traffic? I don’t think it was the people who built the original bridge in the 1930s.

]]> By: Anon http://www.friscovista.com/news/2009/10/28/criminal/comment-page-1/#comment-27150 Anon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:15:08 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/?p=716#comment-27150 I believe the statute of limitations would have expired by now on work done in the 30's. The only crime, the real crime, is that it now takes us 25 years (fixing the east span after '89, opening in 2013+) to do half of what our grandparents did in a few years in the 30's, without computers and on budget. Meanwhile we spend 700% of a pre-inflated budget for weak approximations of portions of their work. Or do you actually think Long's should be held liable for giving its customer the band-aid it asked for, when it needed brain surgery? I believe the statute of limitations would have expired by now on work done in the 30’s. The only crime, the real crime, is that it now takes us 25 years (fixing the east span after ‘89, opening in 2013+) to do half of what our grandparents did in a few years in the 30’s, without computers and on budget. Meanwhile we spend 700% of a pre-inflated budget for weak approximations of portions of their work.

Or do you actually think Long’s should be held liable for giving its customer the band-aid it asked for, when it needed brain surgery?

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