Perhaps what is needed is a catchy phrase

The multiplying pot holes of Podunk have apparently not gone un-noticed at City Hall. Possibly weary of citizens stopping them on the streets, City Councillors approached the issue last Monday at the regular council meeting.

The city trying to head off a hot point with its citizens has decided to get a little pro active when it comes to the holes that test the best of your car’s suspension.

They are urging folks that have come across a pothole that needs repair to contact them at 627-0960 with details.

Now clearly what is needed is a catch phrase that tells us what the line is all about.

So we offer up Herb’s Hotline of Holes or perhaps Pond’s Podunkian Pothole phone line!

Browse through the following article from Friday’s Daily News and maybe come up with your own description, leave your creation in our comments section below.

CITY TRIES TO PUT PATCH OVER ROAD CONCERNS
By Leanne Ritchie
The Daily News
Friday, March 16, 2007
Page Five

The winter weather is making the bumpy ride on city roads worse and the city can’t do much repair work until it improves.

“With the potholes and the road condition in town right now, for our current citizens and people coming to tour the city and potentially move here, it doesn’t look very appealing right now,” said Coun. Sheila Gordon-Payne. “I know the city is working hard I am just wondering what the plan is, how to report the worst potholes?”

Gord Howie, the city’s chief administrative officer, explained that with all the freezing and thawing that has been going, it has been a very difficult winter for work crews.

“There is a crew that actually does a (pothole) inspection almost every other day — Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays,” he said. “Again, because of the difficult weather, all we can use right now is a hot patch and hot patches tend to, after a week or so, unravel again.”

A hot patch is a mix that’s made on the spot in the back of a pick-up truck.

He suggested that if people come across a pothole, they contact the city’s development services department at 627-0960.

“We encourage that, so we can do the worst ones as quickly as we can,” he said.

In addition, Civic Pride, a community group that focuses on keeping the community looking good, had inquired how people should handle the situation if they have a neighbour with a unsightly home or a business.

They were told the city’s bylaw enforcement officers react to incoming complaints.

To report a complaint, call 624-6825.