Fish swim, birds fly, and utility monopolies run amok. It's what they DO.

Witness Vectren's ongoing carnage downtown. Jingle Walk is set to become Jingle Weave. Ever notice the uncanny ability of utility monopolies to schedule invasive city infrastructure destruction mere months (sometimes weeks) after a new sidewalk is laid or fresh pavement applied? Nationalize them all, I say.

Floyds Knobs residents see red over clear-cut hillside; LG&E razing trees, creating path for power lines in Indiana knobs, by Grace Schneider (C-J)

... (New Albany's building commissioner David) Brewer said he and city attorney Stan Robison drove to the site recently after receiving a complaint from a resident. He said they were surprised by the amount of work that had been completed.

He added that he hopes that notifying Hoosier regulators brings more oversight for the project.

“At least now they’ll know someone is watching them,” Brewer said.