Mike, When I worked at Mn/DOT I asked this question and the answer was that it is not cost effective to have volunteers do the work. Moreover, this is one of the tasks that occupies the Mn/DOT workers who are occupied with snow removal in the winter. This is their summer work.
The state-run "Adopt a Highway" is more of a PR campaign than it is a financial help to Mn/DOT. They can accomplish the same results for less money, except that the public demand for such a program was so high that they had to succumb to legislators' pressures. And the public says they want efficiency in government? ha! The public wants what looks like efficiency in government. Apparently there is more cost in providing all those gloves, bags and flourescent vests, plus dropping off and picking up the bagged litter, providing everyone who supervises with training, having the extra insurance policies, etc. Barbara Nelson Burnsville -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility." - Albert Einstein, Physicist _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
