OUTRAGED WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE
INVESTIGAT
>>> CONGRESSWOMAN IS OUTREACH AFTER LOCAL 10 INVESTIGATION EXPOSING ROTTING AND NEGLECTED
UTILITY POLES ALL OVER SOUTH
FLORIDA RESIDENS CLAIM NOTHING
GETS DONE IN THE TIME OF THE
RUNAROUND.
>> LOCAL 10 NEWS INVESTIGATOR
HAS A SURPRISING PICTURES OF
HOW SOME ARE LIVING.
>> THE UTILITY POLE BEHIND THE
WOODWARDS MIAMI GARDENS HOUSE.
CRACKED ROTTING WEEK BENDING
AND LIKELY BEING HELD UP BY THE
ATTACHED POWER LINES AND WHOLE
LOT OF LUCK.
THIS IS PAUL ON THE SIDE OF HER
HOUSE CRACKED FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM HOLLOW BOTH HAVE
TRANSFORMERS ON THEM.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS INSANE.
IT IS HOLLOW.
I CAN STICK MY ENTIRE PEN IN
THERE.
>> THIS ONE HERE.
NOBODY COMES.
THEY CALL YOU BACK?
>> VERY DISTURBING.
QUITE A DANGER ZONE.
WE SHOWED CONGRESSWOMAN
FREDERICA WILSON THE SITUATION
PLUS PICTURES FROM OTHERS WHO
HAVE REACHED OUT TO LOCAL 10
NEWS WITH THE VERY SAME
SITUATION.
>> OUR OFFICES ON THIS LIKE A
PITBULL.
POLE ISSUES FIRST CAME TO OUR
ATTENTION LAST MONTH WHEN THE
SWATTING AT&T POLE COLLAPSED IN
FORT LAUDERDALE ALMOST LANDING
ON A WOMAN WALKING HER DOG ONLY
AFTER WE GET A STORY AND AFTER
FORT LAUDERDALE CITY LEADERS
MET WITH AN AT&T REPRESENTED
THE POLLS NOW BEING ASSESSED
AND REPLACED EVEN THOUGH
RESIDENTS HEARSAY HAVE BEEN
COMPLAINING FOR YEARS.
>> SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BRING IN
CHANNEL 10.
WISH THEY HAD MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> THEY JUST NOW RESPONSIVE THE
WAY I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE AT
ALL TIMES.
>> THERE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE POLE BEHIND THEIR MIAMI
GARDENS HOME SINCE LAST YEAR.
IT’S AT&T POLE AS WELL WITH A
HUGE HOLE IN IT.
THERE’S A TRANSFORMER ON TOP
THE MALLARDS DID TALK TO AN 18
REP SEVERAL TIMES BUT NOTHING.
>> IT’S YOUR POLE.
>> AFTER WE EXPOSED THEIR
SITUATION A NEW POPE WAS
SUPPORTED THE EQUIPMENT ON THE
POLE IS YET TO BE TRANSFERRED
BUT HOLD STILL GET LIKE THIS
OVERNIGHT.
RESIDENTS USUALLY HAVE TO DO
THEIR OWN INVESTIGATING WHO
OWNS THE POLLS SOMETIMES THERE
ARE ID MARKERS OTHER TIMES
THEY’VE COME OFF.
EVERY SPOT WE’VE REPORTED ON
HAS GOTTEN THE ATTENTION IT
DESERVES.
>> IT SHOULDN’T TAKE THAT BUT
SOMETIMES THAT’S WHAT IT TAKES.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN WILSON’S
OFFICE IS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
AT&T REGARDING THE ROTTING
PULSE WE BROUGHT TO ATTENTION
AND ARTISTIC GOOD.
>> THEY GAVE THEIR COMMITMENT
THAT THEY WOULD INSPECT THEM
ALL.
THE QUESTION NOW REMAINS WHEN?
>> A BILL PASSED NOW SITTING ON
THE GOVERNORS DESK FOR
SIGNATURE IT WILL ALLOW THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO
REGULATE INSPECTIONS AND POLE
REPLACEMENTS THE GOVERNORS
OFFICE SAYS QUOTE HE IS WORKING
THROUGH BILLS NOW THAT THE
BUDGET IS COMPLETE AND THEY
WILL KEEP US POSTED.
LOCAL 10 NEWS REACHING OUT TO
AT&T AND F P&L AT&T SAYS A BIG
RESPONSE REFUSING TO ANSWER
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS CLAIMING
THEY REPLACED OR REPAIRED AS
APPROPRIATE.
ON THE OTHER HAND FLORIDA POWER
AND LIGHT SINCE THE F 256,300
POLLS IN SOUTH FLORIDA A
MILLION STATE WIDE 150,000
INSPECTED ANNUALLY OVER 2000
REPLACED IN OUR AREA AND 2020.
1300+ REPLACE ALL THIS YEAR.
1432 RIGHT NOW O THE LIST TO
BE REPLACED.
AS FAR AS THE OVERALL POLE
ISSUES SPECIFICALLY WITH AT&T.
IT’S UNACCEPTABLE BUT IT’S
FIXABLE.
LOCAL 10 NEW.
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