Good walls make good neighbors...

May 31, 2005 -- We energies repaired the broken wall in the lot at 5212 W. Wisconsin Ave. The wall was an irritation to neighbors.

We energies cleans up its act

May 16, 2005 -- The utility cleaned up its lot at 5212 W. Wisconsin Ave. We Energies was cited last month by the Department of Neighborhood Services for the messy appearance of the property.

We Energies cited for messy lot

May 9, 2005-- The city has ordered We Energies to clean up a utility-owned lot at 5212 W. Wisconsin Ave. that one neighbor said is a blight on the neighborhood.

The lot

Neighbor Mike Neville said he called the utility more than a year ago to complain about the lot, but was brushed off. The We Energies representative he talked to said it was unclear whether the utility even owned the deteriorating retaining wall bordering the property.

"We (Energies) spends a small fortune on PR every year and yet highhandedly ignores the most basic of community relations," Neville wrote to the webteam. "I just hope they don't have the same cavalier attitude towards the running of their utility,"

We Energies spokeswoman Margaret Stanfield said last week the utility would clean up the site. She also said that a utility real estate specialist visited the lot Friday. The specialist reported that the wall was bowed in a few spots, but its condition has not changed in a few months and there did not appear to be a need for immediate action.

Stanfield said she had not seen the wall herself, and the utility would be open to further discussion.

Bowed and broken