Danette
: : The city pays to a league of 750 cities. They pool money into what is called an insurance trust (they claim they ARE NOT an insurance company for the cities). That is where the $1200 came from. $1000+ was just for the professional clean-up crew that HAD to come into my house with masks because of the methane (sp?) gas. The only damage I claimed was the brand new bathroom floor (Yup, I had receipts) and paint for my newly painted floor that bubbled. I DIDNT claim the 5 throw rugs I had laying around. I DIDNT claim the sheetrock that got wet because I wouldnt replace it anyways even if I had it professionally installed. I DIDNT claim all the carpet remnants that I had been collecting to redo a room. I DIDNT claim the box of Christmas ornaments that got soaked. All these non-claims were in a wet pile out in the driveway for the city investigator to see and he carefully itemized each. Much to their surprise before I even took them to claims court I told them from the beginning all I wanted was for them to pay for the clean-up and my damaged floors. That insurance trust gave back over 109 Million in dividends back to their cities because of denying many claims. They NEVER pay out sewer backups unless the plaintiff wins in court.: : I WAS ATTACKED FIRST BY SYLVAN….GO BACK AND READ. He made a total ass out of himself…..didnt bother to be civil and ask questions. He obviously has been burned before with this area…..and decided to take it out on me.: : Yeah, we all have the same mentality here in this small town. You can bet that probably all 211 will be at the next city council meeting demanding they fire their one employee. I signed a petition today that had at least 150 signatures on it demanding just that…..AND I didnt even initiate it……LOL! Of course, this must be devestating to you because you feel so sorry for this guy that obviously WASNT doing his job…..and wasnt even licensed!!: : : : : So the city pays! Tell us where the city gets all the money from ????????? : : : You ask for opinions and when you hear one you dont like you call the person a asshole. If everyone there has your class you may never see 212.: My apologies, I was responding to what had been said. Many of your facts were not supplied up front and you did sound like the typical whiner looking to blame someone. Obviously this was not the case. Im glad it worked out for you, but try to under stand for every case like yours there are 50 others that are trying to get something for nothing. Hope I didnt offend you,Im just trying to explain the other side.You didnt offend me….thanks for the apology though. I was beginning to think I was in the twilight zone with all this hostility thrown at me.
