Chris Johnson wrote:
Interesting story. I'm not sure what the point was, though. ... Was
the point that campaigning politicians who give away valuable taxpayer
property* to special interests like contractors, campaign supporters
and folks who "know" somebody, etc. are preferable to bureaucrats who
take forever to decide a policy? That it's ok to abrogate one's
fiduciary responsibility to efficiently manage the government's
resources if it makes a few voters happy to get "free" stuff?
number of pavers held between city of Mpls. and Henn. Co. 1,632,412
number of pavers requested by community garden 250
remainder
1,632,162
value of Weir's prodding policy for remaining
pavers.
Thank Weir for forcing the city to deal with the pavers democratically,
at least in theory.
WizardMarks, Central
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