The local news blackout on the water main break took 3 days to untangle

Back in 2019, our block in Columbus lost water pressure on a Tuesday. The city said it was routine work, but the local paper ran nothing about it for 3 days. I finally drove to the county office and got the real story: a contractor hit a 24 inch main and they were trying to keep it quiet to avoid a panic. Turns out a resident had posted the repair order on a neighborhood forum, and that got shared more than any official update. It took me 9 phone calls and a lunch hour to get the basic facts. That experience made me check public records first before trusting any announcement. Has anyone else had to dig through city paperwork to find news that should have been public right away?

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