Little patch of tarry heaven

Back in February of 2007, I had blogged a link to the local newspaper for an article entitled: "Promenade a sign of progress in Pascagoula". The article has disappeared into the murky depths of broken internet links now... The title alone remains. Literally - the title alone remains. Because you see -- there was no promenade built in Pascagoula as the title had suggested. That article referred to plans to build a beautiful promenade along Pascagoula's waterfront. There is no promenade... The city did hang some banners on the broken street lights (those that weren't broken off at ground level anyway) along the waterfront... but it's not quite the same as the vision they had given us all back in 2007.

Mom had blogged about this one back in 2007 as well. Of course that article is gone as well -- but it outlined a four-year repaving plan for Pascagoula's city streets. I don't think our neighborhood made it into that four-year plan. At least... now I hope not - for this wonder of municipal beautification appeared directly in front of our house sometime yesterday:

Yes - our concrete slab streets are in bad shape... Just driving around the block out here is something like the kiddie-rides at Disneyworld. The enormous amount of water back in 2005 took the sand and clay right out from under our roads and dumped it somewhere in the bayou, I think. But, still, I fail to see how anyone could think that patching cement streets with asphalt would be a good idea. So much for curb appeal.