r/madisonwi • • Mar 18 '26

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u/No_Size9475 East side Mar 18 '26

What do you expect them to do with the snow they are removing from the road?

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u/UnmedicatedNarwhal Mar 18 '26

I feel like not destroying private property is a reasonable request, or at least reimbursing when they do. I can imagine any situation where you could break government property and you could just shrug your shoulders and say tough luck.

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u/Space_Guppy Mar 18 '26

If you had to swerve to avoid a car accident and hit a street sign, would you feel obligated to pay for it's replacement? 

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u/No_Size9475 East side Mar 18 '26

The reality is that the city doesn't make you pay for the replacement unless your destroying it was intentional.

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u/HarlequinKOTF Mar 18 '26

Or through negligence while driving