My point is still the same: What is wrong with this picture? Even if the
quote of $70K was 5 yrs. old, this would still represent an annual increase
in cost of $3,000; if 3 years old, this would represent a $5,000 annual
increase in cost. I do not consider myself frugal, thrifty perhaps, but not
frugal. Yet this sort of price increase strikes me as obscene. And I think
that Michael Hohman's points are getting perilously close to the nexus of the
problem.
Perhaps what is needed is to create a citizen-based fiscal watchdog/oversight
group specifically for Minneapolis.
Jenny Heiser
East Phillips/Ward 6
"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they
may start a winning game."
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Gary Thaden wrote:
> >> Tim Connolly posted: <It was pointed out to me that the cost to install
> >> <semaphores would be $70k/per.
> >>
> >>It is now up to $85,000.
>
> > The cost rose $15,000 in one year??? Oy, that I should get such a
> >rate of return on my money! Any idea where I should be investing so
> >that I too can have such a hefty percentage increase?
>
> >Jenny Heiser
> >East Phillips
> >Ward 6
>
> The original post mentioned Mike Monahan as a city employee. He has been
> retired for 2 or 3 years. Maybe more. It did not go up $15,000 in one
> year.
>
> -Gary Thaden
> Wd 10, LD 60A
>
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