(10-27-2019 11:16 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 06:37 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  bushes, trees, etc...that block the view of STOP signs....

why any municipality would allow such to happen on a right-of-way is beyond fk'n stupid...

toss in not having flashing yellow/red on a weekend early morning when traffic is nil.....4 min. red lights with no activity is worse that 4 mins. of commercials....

This happens because the public doesn't force their hand. Our tax dollars are supposed to go to road repair at the state level. Yet the public lets the governor talk the state into a penny sales tax raise to cover items that should be in the government's annual budget.

Yes the governments are corrupt, but they enjoy the fact that Joe Q public is so stupid as to never call their hand.

In Columbus Georgia a few years back the city ran adds for increasing the sales tax and cited poor brakes on the school buses and leaky ceilings in the class room as health hazards for the kids. The public voted them a penny sales tax increase. What the public should have done is to take those adds and use them to fire the school commissioner and the school board. They have a budget every damned year and maintenance of school buses and fixing leaky rooves is part of their annual expense, so if those aren't handled for the safety of our children, but they board votes everyone their annual COLA instead, it only proves their greed and disregard for the kids and the stupid public should get that and raise hell.

There is an old adage my friend and it is true, "People get more of what they tolerate!" Tolerate corruption and you get more of it. Tolerate bad behavior and you get more of it. Tolerate illegal immigration and you get more of it.

The real issue in this country is that the voters are too stupid to hear what they are being indirectly told, too lazy to do anything about it, and too wrapped up in their daily activities to notice even if they aren't stupid and lazy.

wow.....was that implemented on all consumer purchases???....even if it wasn't, that's insane relative to improperly managing funds....that's a monster chunk of money for a municipality of 200k....local politicians are the worst once they get their hooks into the game...

the 'burg recently implemented a 1% increase on hotel and restaurant purchases to subsidize parks and recreation/upgrade the southern miss' basketball coliseum (I voted yes...it was necessary)....if it would've tacked it on to all consumer goods, it would've been, "hell fk'n no!"

https://www.wdam.com/2019/04/24/polls-cl...eferendum/

once white flight began in the 'burg about 30 yrs. ago, (and also to your point of apathy and ignorance) we received 16 yrs. of a horseshite/corrupt/you name it mayor that finally got outed '17....

how 'bout this....that dipshite is now running for Sec. of State after failing miserably to win the gubernatorial race in '11....

I'm actually a tad nervous the democratic nominee running for governor has a chance in the upcoming election...he's spending money like he's tight with Soros...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_DuPree - former mayor running for SoS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hood - democratic gubernatorial candidate

if either one wins, it would be a fk'n disaster for the 'sip....

we easily live in crazy times relative to how the USD and fiscal politics play together on a local/state/federal level...

#it'sApickleBarrel