Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary nominee, had a pothole problem as mayor
President-elect Joe Biden tapped Pete Buttigieg to serve as transportation secretary, but as leader of South Bend, Ind. the former mayor had a pothole problem. The 38-year-old served as mayor from 2012 to 2020, as he forayed into national politics in the Democratic primary. But in 2019, the South Bend Tribune reported that many residents felt the city had the ”worst pothole situation in the state." The Tribune reported one year earlier that potholes at the time were the worst area repair shops had seen in “over 10 years." Lines of vehicles reportedly awaited repair for pothole damages every day. “It’s the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Rich Ferrara Jr., service manager at Rick’s Auten Road 66 in South Bend.