Responsibility Isn't Transferable

Responsibility Isn’t Transferable
Letter to the Editor

At the July 6 City Council meeting, City Manager Dennis Wilberg stated that the spalding off of the road surface on Olympiad Road, installed by All American Asphalt, was scheduled to be fixed. Scheduled ??? When ???

Mr. Wilberg said the problem was with a material supplier and not All American. I might remind council members that in the contract All American is responsible for the installation and application. This is NOT a transferable problem to the material supplier. It is All American's responsibility to fix the problem. 

For example, when Toyota ran into the acceleration and braking linkage problems, they did not pass the buck to their supplier in Indiana. They stepped up and addressed the problem. When GM had paint problems with their vehicles six years ago, they fixed the problems – not PP&G.

I will not let this issue go untended.  Please get Mr. Wilberg to commit to a specific date when this defective work by All American gets fixed.

Joe Holtzman
Mission Viejo