Sinkhole Syndrome (Take Heed, Fresno)

The City of Fresno repeatedly reminds property owners that they are liable to maintain the sewer and water lines on private property. As mentioned, structures throughout Fresno have not only been altered, they are now setting on top of and next to clamped sewer and water lines - carried out by the fake work crew that accompanies Public Works in the "secret" altering of the city water system. The group is not authorized or licensed to carry this out - no permits or inspections - massive building, safety, environmental and health code violations. Keep in mind that it is not city property where all the clamping has taken place. Also keep in mind that the City has gone to great effort to cover this up - having plat/parcel maps altered after the major alterations, as though things have always been this way. This is why there are no older records of Fresno.

We know that it costs approximately $3,500 - $5,000 to replace a broken pipe. The city always tries to prepare us before the cold weather because this is often when broken/burst pipes occur. Do you know what can happen if a pipe leaks? Check this out - another example of how the city has deceived its residents and tried to cover up the evidence in order to avoid taking responsibility for how they have jeopardized our lives.

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Aug 18, 2007

Sinkhole experts say that, no, it’s no mystery– it’s bad sewer pipes. When you get a hole in a sewer pipe, sure, you might get leakage out in to the surrounding soil, but you also might get surrounding soil to enter the sewer pipe, which gets carried away to wherever sewage goes. If that goes on for a while, a hole in the earth develops, and lo! a collapse from above fills it in. Sinkhole. If there’s a nearby manhole cover (entrance to sewer pipes) near a sinkhole, it’s a smoking gun.

http://www.2020hindsight.org/2007/08/18/sinkholes-bridges-and-infrastructure/

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The Sinkhole Syndrome

By Chris Mayer

May 8, 2007

Last year was the worst year for sinkholes and sewage spills in U.S. history. This year is shaping up to be even worse.



What caused them? I'll tell you in a minute. But here is a hint: The answer will make investors in water-pipe makers a lot of money.

In March, I attended Gabelli's Second Annual Water Infrastructure Conference, held in Manhattan. Of all the presenters, Thomas Rooney, president of Insituform Technologies, had the most eye-opening story. He told attendees about the looming crisis arising from our decaying

water and wastewater infrastructure – namely, leaking and breaking pipes.

But more importantly, he gave us some tangible evidence that shows just how bad things are getting. The most important was the record number of sinkholes and sewage spills in the U.S. last year. Leaking or breaking pipes are the biggest causes of these things in our cities.

A water pipe that leaks (or breaks) either allows dirt to get in the pipe or allows sewage to get out. If dirt gets in the pipes, then the pipes carry the dirt away. Eventually – even if the pipes carry only tiny amounts of dirt away each day – this weakens the ground above the pipes.
This ground lies below – and supports – our roads and buildings. Sooner or later, the ground gives way, creating the gaping sinkholes that swallow up cars and houses and even lead to people's deaths. One such sinkhole in Los Angeles was 30 feet deep and shut down a stretch of highway. Last December, a massive sinkhole in Portland swallowed a big-rig truck. Another in Grand Rapids, Mich., cut off the water supply to residents, who then had to live under a "boil water advisory."

That's scenario one. Conversely, sewage may leak out. If sewage leaks out, then you have major health issues in the surrounding environment. Last year alone, more than 3.5 million people became ill from E.coli and other toxins released from over 40,000 sewage spills in the U.S., according to the EPA. Then there are the beaches.
More than 1.5 million people get sick in Southern California every year because of bacterial pollution in the ocean – much of it coming from broken pipes, according to a study by UCLA and Stanford. And in Hawaii last year, Waikiki Beach had to close after 40 million gallons of raw sewage flowed into the water after a water main pipe broke.

http://www.dailywealth.com/archive/2007/may/2007_may_08.asp

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SINKHOLES BECOMING MORE COMMON

Feb 8, 2007
PORTLAND, Ore. — After a sinkhole swallowed a sewer-repair truck here on the day after Christmas, the truck’s crew crawled to safety, muddy and mystified.



Last summer in Irving, Tex., a 2-year-old boy disappeared near a sinkhole. One theory was that he was kidnapped. Another was that he was lost in the sewer system that had broken open and caused the collapse.

In December, firefighters in Brooklyn rescued a grandmother carrying groceries who fell into a hole that opened beneath her on a sidewalk. And in Hershey, Pa., a damaged storm drain caused a six-foot-deep sinkhole in Chocolate Town Park, nearly sinking the town’s New Year’s Eve celebration.

Local and state officials across the country say thousands of miles of century-old underground water and sewer lines are springing leaks, eroding and — in extreme cases — causing the ground above them to collapse. Though there is no master tally of sinkholes, there is consensus among civil engineers and water experts that things are getting worse.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/us/08sink.html?ex=1328590800&en=f473ee4ec1470686&ei=5088&partner=r

Fresno Murder Cover-Up (1994 - Polzin)

FRESNO, CA STONEHENGE ANTIQUES - Olive, between Vagedes and Arthur (2 blks east of Fruit Ave.) William “Bill” Wyman Polzin - 1994 unsolved murder / shot to death when he stepped outside one morning.

Born 06-30-46
Died 02-16-94

Only 47 years old; 1 daughter

At the time of Bill’s murder, alterations to the structure as well as sewer and water lines (without permits or inspections) were taking place next door to him. Directly after Bill’s death, his property underwent major reconstruction, prior to reselling - including sewer and water lines. If memory serves me correctly, there was a connection to the sewer/water lines on these parcels as well as where they led. So to begin with, Bill’s murder appears to be another tragedy linked to the felony altering of sewer and water lines taking place throughout town. For years I have been reporting a trail of similar atrocities that follow this operation. It was after figuring out the pattern and uncovering a few more clues that led me back to Bill’s murder.

The attorney who handled Bill’s estate (not listed in directories) was David A. Silva. Mr. Silva was/is one of the partners of WGS, who is the ringleader behind the felony alterations. WGS is not only a former employee of the City of Fresno, he conspires with various city employees in overriding the planning department and altering records to cover up the evidence.

Mr. Silva and WGS were later caught conspiring in the preparation of fraudulent legal documents for my family’s 2 properties, located 1 blk east of Bill’s property. By the time it was over, not only had we lost our 2 income properties as a result of the horrific damages caused from the felony altering of sewer and water lines, I was reporting suspected homicide of my family members, poisoning, attempted murder of me, burglary, VIN altering, and more. I am still reporting it.

It was in 2004, when I finally figured out what had caused the horrific damages to our properties. Just as I always suspected - the risk analyst had been lying about the cause behind sewage back spills. She conspired with WGS in setting my family and me up for total annihilation. Whether due to my discovery or not, it was near this time that Mr. Silva abandoned his office - taking clients’ money and files, never to be seen again.

Unable to understand why no one else complained about the massive damages that had taken place down the entire street, I looked in public records. There I discovered a distinct rotation pattern among people linked to WGS. They include neighbors and former tenants, who had caused so much hell and filed fraudulent lawsuits against me. Clearly, Bill Polzin was surrounded no less than my family and I had been when targeted. The links (entailing much more upon request) speak for themselves.

The Laundromat across the alley from me was also targeted. It too, was torn apart and patched back together in order to alter sewer/water lines - done during the citywide upgrade, when the heavy equipment sat here for days. This is when WGS’s other associate, JCW, informed me that I would be meeting the others “in another world” as he planned on taking over our properties as well as the Laundromat. It was an accident I got away. The owner of the Laundromat was never seen again. Signature on the new deed to the Laundromat looks the same as the one I saw WGS forge (trace) on an insurance application. New owner of the Laundromat lives next door to JCW, who is linked to verified forgeries and “missing” person/s. Earlier signature on deeds to Laundromat do not match - linked to WGS and possibly a family tragedy that occurred during that time. (Following the links from this Laundromat lead to millions/billions in more real estate fraud/theft.)



Shown below - where Bill was murdered (click to enlarge):

This same pattern of running people off their property in order to alter the sewer and water lines can be seen all the way down Olive Ave. This is most likely why the area has continued to lose its well-established businesses as the neglect becomes more and more apparent. A "system" in which ongoing so-called "renovations" take place in-between property/business owners - a "rotation." Not always done at one time or it would be too obvious. In the end, structures have been altered and new deeds reflect illegally changed property lines. Earlier records are mysteriously, "no longer available." Done so slowly that to outsiders, nothing looks out of place - no one questions anything. At least not until now - I believe I am the first one to survive this group only to find that the next nightmare would be in reporting this. Upon providing a copy of the sewer layout, which verifies what I am stating, the City filed a Restraining order against me - death threats followed (by ?) if I do not stop reporting this.

The links from Polzin continue down both blocks - same group I have spent years reporting. Same scenario. Same "estate attorney." Same "rotation pattern." Linked to the same estate planner (former employee of the City of Fresno) who is running a massive burglary and real estate theft operation as he conspires with various city employees in felony altering of the city's sewer, water and power infrastructures.
There is even a member of this group who boasts about robbing and killing - smirking that after all these years, no one ever figured out who killed Bill Polzin.