This has been reported a bunch of times over the past few months. Is there someone else we can contact to get this fixed?

I just left a voicemail for "Line Foreman" John Gornick (spelling?) in the Traffic & Lights division of city offices (651-266-9777). I explained this issue has been submitted through SeeClickFix but that there doesn't seem to be any action on it as the lights are still on and the SeeClickFix item has not been updated (or even assigned).

Mr. Gornick (still don't have a spelling) called me back within an hour. He explained to me that the city has chosen to leave these lights on for two main reasons:
- One, leaving them on leaves them electrically live and thus unattractive to people who steal the copper from streetlights (apparently a fair number of people do this in St. Paul; he mentioned there were three new incidents just over this past weekend).
- Second, if someone does pull the wire from a streetlight, they're pulling it from conduit -- which, in the frozen winter ground, cannot be pulled up so the wire can be replaced. That would result in no light from that lamp for however long it takes the ground to thaw sufficiently. So the judgment is that constant light is better than the possibility of losing -- for several months -- the light provided by that pole.

I told Mr. Gornick that I'd be updating this report with this information; he was fine with that.

Steve-O, great follow up! I’m glad to know there’s a reason. And I’ve seen a bunch of light poles with wiring sticking out of them, so it makes sense to dissuade such activities.

Closing issue as response has been provided by Traffic & Lights.