I know that people think we have to be making a mountain out of a molehill that the crazy stuff several of us say is happening in Cedar Rapids just can’t possibly really be happening.
Let me tell you about Beverly’s day. She awoke to sounds of demolition, an 1890′s built home was coming down by the jaws of the excavator. Tears rolled down her face. The home had been gutted and was no danger to anyone. She thought of the places that had not been cleaned since the flood that were not being touched.
Early in the afternoon Beverly was online and noticed her internet was acting up. She called Qwest and found out the problem was on her end. Beverly went outside and found Zinser Company digging in the street. She told them they were messing up her phone line. They had previously cut the line last month. They were now digging in the exact same spot. They didn’t stop. Her phone line was cut.
Beverly went outside to tell them they cut her phone line. They denied it and told her she needed to move her car. There were no “no parking signs” put up. The Zinser employee told Beverly if she did not move her car she would call the police. She did.
You can watch the videos of all of this happening on crsmells.com.
The thing that concerns me the most about all of this is that no one seems to care since it is not happening to them. Beverly is not going to move from her home and they want her to move. The construction company or rather the deconstruction company told her they would be cleaning the entire block and that includes her home.
Today the company dealing with the buy outs called to make sure that they didn’t want to be on the list. How many times will they have to say no.
A city councilman told Beverly that she would not be able to depend on having city services in the future. Yes, they are calling this a voluntary buyout.
Are you your brother or sister’s keeper? If this were happening to you what would you want someone to do?
UPDATE
Beverly says this all started before Noon. It was hours before her phone was back on.
