City of Toledo and a resident with a sinkhole forming in front of their home are at odds over who...
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '4.240', 'text': 'Tonight in a story that we first brought'}, {'start': '2.000', 'end': '6.879', 'text': 'to you late last week about a growing'}, {'start': '4.240', 'end': '8.720', 'text': 'sinkhole on Pinewood Avenue in central'}, {'start': '6.879', 'end': '10.480', 'text': 'Toledo. The expanding hole just a few'}, {'start': '8.720', 'end': '12.240', 'text': 'feet away from a house. Now, city'}, {'start': '10.480', 'end': '14.799', 'text': 'leaders say before repairs can be done,'}, {'start': '12.240', 'end': '16.800', 'text': 'the homeowner has to pay for repairs on'}, {'start': '14.799', 'end': '18.960', 'text': 'their property. 13 Action News anchor'}, {'start': '16.800', 'end': '21.119', 'text': 'Gerald Harris back on this story live in'}, {'start': '18.960', 'end': '23.359', 'text': 'studio with the update tonight. Gerald'}, {'start': '21.119', 'end': '25.439', 'text': "Lee, the city of Toledo says they won't"}, {'start': '23.359', 'end': '27.760', 'text': 'fix the problem until the homeowner'}, {'start': '25.439', 'end': '29.439', 'text': 'addresses pipe issues on her property.'}, {'start': '27.760', 'end': '31.519', 'text': 'Though the homeowner says besides the'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '33.600', 'text': 'growing hole, she is not experiencing'}, {'start': '31.519', 'end': '36.120', 'text': 'any other problems. She just wants the'}, {'start': '33.600', 'end': '39.680', 'text': 'hole addressed before it gets'}, {'start': '36.120', 'end': '41.760', 'text': 'worse along Pinewood Avenue.'}, {'start': '39.680', 'end': '43.680', 'text': 'They should address it cuz this should'}, {'start': '41.760', 'end': '45.600', 'text': 'not have happened. Evidence of aging'}, {'start': '43.680', 'end': '48.000', 'text': 'infrastructure is riddled throughout the'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'street. It started off really small,'}, {'start': '48.000', 'end': '51.680', 'text': 'then all of a sudden it just kept going.'}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'A week ago, we brought to you Monica'}, {'start': '51.680', 'end': '55.920', 'text': "Mulligan's concern of a sinkhole just a"}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '57.440', 'text': 'few feet away from her home. What I'}, {'start': '55.920', 'end': '58.120', 'text': "don't understand is why you're trying to"}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '61.440', 'text': 'make'}, {'start': '58.120', 'end': '63.120', 'text': 'me pay for this when this cost it.'}, {'start': '61.440', 'end': '65.040', 'text': 'Tuesday, someone with Toledo Public'}, {'start': '63.120', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'Utilities Department showed up to her'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '69.680', 'text': 'home, allegedly telling her she has to'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '71.840', 'text': 'sign this document before repairs can'}, {'start': '69.680', 'end': '74.159', 'text': 'start, but not before she fixes her'}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '76.080', 'text': "alleged issues. There's a big difference"}, {'start': '74.159', 'end': '78.560', 'text': 'between if it came from this end and'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '80.400', 'text': 'went that way, then I can see me being'}, {'start': '78.560', 'end': '82.240', 'text': 'responsible. Mulligan says the hole'}, {'start': '80.400', 'end': '84.560', 'text': 'began on the street and expanded into'}, {'start': '82.240', 'end': '87.040', 'text': 'her yard. But the city says the primary'}, {'start': '84.560', 'end': '88.960', 'text': 'problem is on her property, adding the'}, {'start': '87.040', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'city is not responsible for damaged'}, {'start': '88.960', 'end': '93.439', 'text': 'lines on private property. Damaged lines'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '96.560', 'text': "the city says are impacting the city's"}, {'start': '93.439', 'end': '98.960', 'text': 'sewer main. They caused this. I could'}, {'start': '96.560', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'see if I caused it, but they the sewer'}, {'start': '98.960', 'end': '103.439', 'text': "system caused this. It's not the only"}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '105.439', 'text': 'troubled area in the neighborhood. Here'}, {'start': '103.439', 'end': '107.520', 'text': 'is where neighbors say a similar issue'}, {'start': '105.439', 'end': '109.799', 'text': 'that sent water into basement was'}, {'start': '107.520', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'addressed four years'}, {'start': '109.799', 'end': '114.240', 'text': 'ago. Further down, repair work on'}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '116.720', 'text': 'Pinewood is surrounded by multiple'}, {'start': '114.240', 'end': '119.040', 'text': 'orange barrels. Similarly, a street over'}, {'start': '116.720', 'end': '121.600', 'text': 'on Indiana Avenue, the beginning of a'}, {'start': '119.040', 'end': '123.759', 'text': "sinkhole is forming. So, it's something"}, {'start': '121.600', 'end': '125.600', 'text': 'that needs to be done in this area.'}, {'start': '123.759', 'end': '127.759', 'text': "They're patching, but they're not really"}, {'start': '125.600', 'end': '129.920', 'text': "fixing the problem. For Mulligan, who's"}, {'start': '127.759', 'end': '132.160', 'text': 'retired because of medical reasons and'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '134.239', 'text': 'also on disability, says she feels'}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '136.160', 'text': 'targeted and will be prepared to push'}, {'start': '134.239', 'end': '138.239', 'text': 'back. She asks her neighbors with'}, {'start': '136.160', 'end': '140.640', 'text': 'similar problems in the past did not'}, {'start': '138.239', 'end': '143.280', 'text': 'have to go out of their pocket. I am'}, {'start': '140.640', 'end': '146.720', 'text': 'really angry because we pay taxes and'}, {'start': '143.280', 'end': '148.400', 'text': 'this is the results that we get.'}, {'start': '146.720', 'end': '150.000', 'text': 'According to the city of Toledo, they'}, {'start': '148.400', 'end': '152.400', 'text': 'say they are prepared to repair the'}, {'start': '150.000', 'end': '154.319', 'text': 'sewer main sidewalk and street, adding,'}, {'start': '152.400', 'end': '156.480', 'text': '"As of right now, it is functioning if'}, {'start': '154.319', 'end': '158.160', 'text': 'we repair the sewer main on the city'}, {'start': '156.480', 'end': '160.080', 'text': 'side before the resident repairs their'}, {'start': '158.160', 'end': '161.840', 'text': 'portion of the line, the resident will'}, {'start': '160.080', 'end': '164.400', 'text': 'experience a disruption to their sewer'}, {'start': '161.840', 'end': '166.319', 'text': 'service, which we are hoping to avoid."'}, {'start': '164.400', 'end': '168.720', 'text': 'End quote. We will continue to follow'}, {'start': '166.319', 'end': '172.959', 'text': 'the latest details on this issue as more'}, {'start': '168.720', 'end': '172.959', 'text': 'information becomes available. Lee'}]