Comment 32706

By A Smith (anonymous) | Posted August 08, 2009 at 15:51:26

Jason, we really should look into hiring a private company to run this city's infrastructure. At least that way, we could impose monetary penalties against them, rather than other taxpayers, when things go wrong. I asked this earlier, don't you think councilors would do a better job if they had their own money on the line?

We could pay a management team a fixed amount to keep things running smoothly, if they came in under budget, they would keep a portion of the savings and so would we. If they messed up, they would lose the contract and/or pay for damages.

Grassroots, the problem here is with the government, not property owners. No property owner wants his land destroyed by sludge, but then they rely on the government to tell them the truth. The problem with listening to the government is that it is run by power hungry, self serving individuals who ONLY pretend to have the public's interest at heart. It's a lie and a great one at that.

My advice would be to stop believing that government is any different than any other group of people. They look out for their own interests first and they only do enough to stay in power. It's human nature and once people understand this, they will start to rely on themselves more. If government can help you, great, but you shouldn't expect that they will.

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