Security lights had stopped working in my neighbourhood because some thieving wigger bastard cut a single wire to the carpark light so he could steal the bonnet/hood from a car - a Ford Boss. It tripped a safety switch and all security lighting in the area stopped working.
I have known how to fix it since it first happened, but the powerbox is on a house where a total retard lives. If it was just a case of opening the powerbox, I would have taken care of it straight away, but it had a good solid padlock on it that I had to cut, and the retard would have narked.
The retard moved out on the weekend, so all I had to do was confirm it was gone. Then today I climbed my ladder to seal off the bared cut wire for the carpark security light - to keep off the dew and the rain - otherwise it'd just short out again and the lights would all go off. Then back to the retard's former abode with my bolt cutters - off with the padlock, with a flick of the switch the lights are back on. And that's it. All security lights working again for the entire area ... except for that single light over the car park.
Cutting the lock, I have damaged council property. Climbing the ladder and adding a bit of heat-shrink tubing to the end of the bared wire to keep it clear of the dew - technically that's a fineable offence because I'm not a licensed electrician, but I doubt I'm at risk there. I do know how to fix the security light - just use a junction box - but it's not worth the risk. There's too many narks, and even the grateful can talk. As it is, if anyone bitches, I'll deny the existence of the cut lock and blame the dew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU
Now I'll make a complaint to the JOG Minister responsible, and get that security light over the carpark fixed. I'll be sure to inform the Minister that the people responsible for fixing that light have point blank refused. Hopefully someone's arse will be kicked.
... But at least the rest of the security lighting is working again. It was so black out there at night, people had to carry torches to put their bins out. Someone could have tripped and broken a hip. And there were Abos using the darkness to rattle doors and try to break into homes.
We are Creators. Petty red tape, rules and regulations be damned! We look after our local area. We do what must be done when nobody else can or will.
Update: A few lights didn't work. They had been shorted out when the wire was cut, so I had to replace the globes. $60 worth of globes. I'm debating whether or not to bring that up with the Minister. After all, I do make the effort and do the work myself, and I put my money where my mouth is. I don't just make unnecessary complaints in the hope of getting lazy arses kicked; I make necessary complaints in the hope of getting lazy BLACK arses kicked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvvLL_oAvus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl4EFThO1e4
If you play Judas Priest backwards you get chants of "do it"! And you could next get some speakers and play it on loop in the parking lot so the thief could shoot himself?
Or it may even tell him "She asked for a peppermint, I told her to get one"! ;D
The wigger caused all this. He belongs in the cage with the nigs he idolizes.
Just so you Yanks know, housing in Australia is more expensive than in the US but if you are doing it tough or a pensioner you can live in public housing with subsidised rent. Unfortunately you never know what neighbours you will wind up with at times and parking can be unsecured. In the old days, there were public housing areas; these days the government buys housing and apartments/flats amongst private ownership dwellings. So only the extremely rich are immune to the risk of parasitic scum for neighbours.
We have "trailer parks" (caravan parks) but it's not as crazy as the states is with ghetto trailer trash parks with bad reps. I was shocked at the homelessness in the US. It was never like that here. It is getting like that here though as there aren't enough homes to go around.
We got Curries and Chinks coming cashed up displacing people (and to replace us). If there is a place for rent you have to battle everybody for it then in the end a Curry will come and offer to buy the place with $$$ and the amount of rental homes decreases. It won't be long until Homelessness will be like it is in the US.
A lot of Aus/NZ citizens returned back and needed places as they are running from Covid in other parts of the world and the Govt think they can boost the economy by chucking various Gooks/Curries/Flips in here.