"What do you mean the street light in front of my house was repossesed!"

[Mike]

Well, it's true folks. Looks like one city lost it's marbles.
http://www.odetorium.com/2011/10/citys-street-lights-repossessed.html

[gailgrove]

I think we all saw this on Vintage Street Lights already. But it is crazy I'm glade the city owns the lights here!

[Mike]

National Grid owns all the lights here, but if the city won't "red cap" the lights they certainly won't take them down. they'll raise taxes instead.

[joe_347V]

Hmm I didn't see this before :p  I believe the streetlights in my area are town owned too and I've never really saw them red cap any lights here.

[Mike]

Well, guess who sent this to me. I forgot my log-in inforamtion so i can't login to vintage streetlights

[rjluna2]

That is really bad that the city can't pay the streetlights electricity bill and there goes the neighborhood in the dark

I don't know where and how they get the money to pay the streetlight at the said neighborhood

As I read my neighborhood article scandal, at least I know that we pay streetlight usage through our utility bills.

[Mike]

All electric companies I can think of will charge the streetlight rental to the municipality and the municipality will pay for it through taxes. So in a way, we actually DO pay for the streetlights.

[joe_347V]

Toronto actually sold off their streetlights in 2005 or so to the utility company so they don't own them anymore.