Comments on: Fix My State

By: Willem

Willem — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:33:28 +0000

The Flemish state of Belgium launched a “Fix My Street” website last year and they always respond the same day or atleast the day after.

By: Brusselsblogger

Brusselsblogger — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:25:28 +0000

I had a similar problem here in St Josse about a year ago. Basically the lights for pedestrians did not work at all for some time.

When I decided to send an email to the communications person of the Commune St Josse I got an immediate answer that the problem has been forwarded and that the responsible person will still visit the place the same day in the afternoon. It was then fixed a few days later.

A simple “report a problem” button on all Commune websites would do. Not many people will go to the contact page and try to find an appropriate contact person.

By: Ciprian

Ciprian — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:01:51 +0000

Well, the answer’s easy … it’s Belgium!:)
For God’s sake, Jon, how long have u lived in Brussels?!? I’ve only been here for 6 months now, but the first thing I learn is – in this wonderful country, these things take time!:(

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By: @paolabrussels

@paolabrussels — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:44:12 +0000

OMG, if site a site were launched in Belgium, it would crash within 5 minutes.

By: elated

elated — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:27:47 +0000

Good luck…

This place has been in a Baltimore/Detroit/Washington (yes!) state of decay for years. I remember when I lived there how I was abhorred by the people’s waste disposal habits… struck me as rather medieval… dumping stuff wherever whenever in whatever shape. I’ve written my fair share of letters, to no avail.

Most of the local politics (and all of it at heart is local as these “ministers” all hold one ore more mandates at the level of the commune/gemeente, CPAS/OCMW, various intercomunales…) is about doling out jobs/money/housing to the clientelist base.

I frankly do not believe this is going to end well now the recession is making money tight, likely for decades to come. The vicious comments by Thielemans are a sign of the kind of demagoguery to come.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:22:52 +0000

Automated response from Bruxelles Mobilité:

Bonjour,

Nous accusons bonne réception de votre message et vous répondons dès que possible. Si vous avez formulé une plainte relative à une situation problématique sur nos voiries, celle-ci est transmise à l’un de nos contrôleurs qui se chargera de vérifier la situation et y remédier le plus rapidement possible.

Cordialement,

Ce message n’engage aucunement Bruxelles Mobilité et reste informel. Tout courrier officiel doit toujours être confirmé par lettre et revêtu de la signature d’un agent dûment mandaté.
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