Potholes, money and library in new mayor’s crosshairs
The day after Richard Montgomery was named mayor of the city, he hit an after-rain pothole while driving his blue Ford Edge down Sepulveda Boulevard. He made a call to the city’s Public Works Department, and the pothole, along with two others, was fixed later that day. Of course, this treatment is to be expected for the mayor of Manhattan Beach. But Montgomery wants to empower every resident to get things fixed immediately in the city. “It may not seem big, but nobody who’s hit a pothole will say it’s inconsequential,” he said. “Why don’t we have something for residents to point and shoot incidents with their phones and send the pictures to the city?” Among many ideas Montgomery has as mayor, he will propose that the city invest in a smart phone application that would allow residents to snap pictures of hazards they encounter and immediately send the information — which would also include the location, date and time of each incident — to the city. Potholes, road blocks, downed trees, traffic accidents, stalled vehicles and other street blockages could all be reported to and tracked by the city with the snap of a button. The hope is the application would provide a faster response…
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