Posted on 04/12/2023 5:48:44 PM PDT by kiryandil
t was not one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most prominent roles, but is proving to be disproportionately controversial. The Hollywood star and former California governor filmed himself filling in a troublesome pothole near his Los Angeles home, proffering it as an act of civic responsibility by an exasperated resident. But he was then told by the authorities it wasn’t officially a pothole at all.
According to city officials, the “giant pothole” Schwarzenegger and a friend packed with quick-drying cement and topped with sand was actually an essential service trench for work being performed by a utility company in the Brentwood neighborhood.
Instead of solving a problem, the actor who generated mayhem and destruction in his best-known role as the Terminator, was creating one with his rogue deed, with SoCal Gas, the natural gas utility, now having to reopen the trench to complete the contract.
Schwarzenegger, a former two-term Republican governor of California, posted a video of the pair laboring to his 5.1 million Twitter followers.
“Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it. I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go,” he wrote.
In the clip, a driver stops to thank him for taking action, and the actor said: “You have to do it yourself. This is crazy. For three weeks I’ve been waiting for this hole to be closed.”
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I bet that “service trench” has been there way past its prime.
The local city here rents huge steel plates from the steel yard to cover up construction and service trenches. Most likely it was some union shop that was paid per day for not completing the project in a timely manner.
The jerkss obviously did not fill the hole properly or put plates over it. The state should fine the utility severely.
The Pothole Terminator
The city should have placed a temporary “trench plate” over the trench while not working.
Eff the city!! Boo hoo that they have to open the trench again.
Good for Arnold and company…screw the city and they’re whining.
There is no better cure for fire ants than gasoline.
That was one of the scariest Terminators.
I have no sympathy for the muppets who are attacking Arnold on this.
Agree 100%
“mylife FTTW”
My neighbors have started assisting.
Three weeks, at the very least.
Usually a heavy metal plate.
Plywood, my hairy purple donkey. The correct item is a steel trench plate for temporarily covering excavations.
Have OSHA sue the city..unsafe at any speed
i thought arnold “screw your freedoms” still was a media darling
if it was a service trench
why wasnt it blocked off so people wouldnt drive over it?
Never will forget that. No. Screw you Ahh-nold. Go back to Austria. You are no American.
SS1
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