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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I’d still like to know the root cause of the mistake. The article mentions the lots were identified by signs on utility poles. Did a surveyor mark them wrong? Did somebody maliciously change them?

I also wonder if it’s something that could have been spotted if somebody just asked a simple question and wasn’t ignored. For example, were the lots addressed 1, 2, 3, but then 5, 4, 6?