Street Taxes: The Excessive Cost of Municipal Corruption and Mismanagement

The Chicago Daily Observer ^ | October 28, 2009 | Daniel J. Kelley

[PBRCat]

The current Mayor Daley behaves as if Chicago was located in Death Valley where every drop of water must be conserved and accounted for. I am not sure if Coleridge‘s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is the incumbent mayor’s favorite poem, but sometimes I think that it ought to be. “Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink…”

Under the present, enlightened regime, public buildings are being refitted, at great material expense and union labor costs, with automatic plumbing fixtures that will scrupulously dole out water each time a visitor goes to rinse his or her hands. Toilets will flush automatically, provided that the sensors are working. Elsewhere, environmentally friendly toilet handles are being installed. The new “green” handles have two flushing positions based upon the purpose of your bathroom visit. In California, the environmentalists have a water conservation slogan: “If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.” One wonders if this will not become the new civic motto for Chicago.

[PBRCat]

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. . .

[2banana]

Liberals = no common sense (but it feels good!)

[hoosierham]

So many “green” programs cost more to implement than the projected savings.And few actually save what was projected;but they transfer wealth and control from the many to the few,which is no doubt the prime purpose!

[JimmyMc]

I'm not sure what this green movement will do to the car industry. I'm thinking about going out and buying the biggest gas guzzler I can find. Either that, or buying 4 of those Smart cars and welding them together so I can have 1 full size car.