Sorry you find the truth so upsetting, but my comments are based on facts and history. I was born and raised near Atlanta and I'm very familiar with the issues there. You may not like it, and you may choose to shoot the messenger, but the sad reality remains, Atlanta is running out of water and there is no simple solution now that it has been allowed to reach crisis levels. I do find it interesting, though, how you try to make it about me, rather than realizing the problems and dealing with them. Your comments are just an extension and a glaring example of what got ya'll into the problems you face now.
How should the ordinary people living here accept the blame for the actions of their government?
Um, by attending planning commission meetings, local and county commission meetings and becoming vocal about issues before they become a crisis. It's called being a citizen. You can also help by electing congresscritters that support your views. When 70% of the electorate sits out virtually every election, they have no one to blame but themselves. Funny, a few years ago when Atlanta was getting record rainfall, I don't recall anyone stepping up and calling for water restrictions then.
Did we elect them? Hell no. For the most part government officials are not elected, but hired by other government bureaucrats
Yes, you did elect them, or rather, your apathy did.
The ever growing water problems in the Atlanta metro area has been known about for at least 25 years, yet the citizens just let their gubmint continue the building boom without regard to water supply, sewer capacity and the like. Atlanta has been paying million dollar a day fines for their pitiful sewer system for years because the corrupt Atlanta government refused to fix the problem until it became a crisis.
So, no, I don't have any sympathy for Atlanta whatsoever. Deal with it.
So your unsupported opinion has now been raised to the level of truth.
I do find it interesting, though, how you try to make it about me, rather
I do find it interesting that you try to make it about the citizens who live there rather than the officials who caused the problem, not to mention that the COE is releasing water from the dam at foru times the rate it's flowing in. This is the fault of the citizens? Not likely.
Um, by attending planning commission meetings, local and county commission meetings and becoming vocal about issues before
What utter horse manure. By your own admission the fix is in in most of these things. A citizen getting "vocally involved" is just wasting their time unless they're pushing the preferred socialist agenda, and then they serve the role of "useful idiot"
Yes, you did elect them, or rather, your apathy did.
No I didn't elect them. I guess you're not able to do the math, but I'll say it again 99.9% of government bureaucrats are NOT elected.
because the corrupt Atlanta government refused to fix the problem until it became a crisis.
Atlanta government is voted in on a racial basis. The sole function of the Atlanta government is to dispers taxpayer loot to blacks and other friends of the black democrat crooks who run the city, so tell me how Anyone living the the suburbs can affect that. (Yeah, get "vocally involved" - my ass)
Solution: cut the runoff downstream to that which would be coming in after. Don't use the reservoir to keep an artificially high flow rate.
Atlanta has nukes.
Give us yer f&*$in' water or we'll kill yer a&&.