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2023-11-16 Government Corruption

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Two of the highest priorities of government are security and infrastructure. When it fails on these, it really isn't much different than a normal criminal organization. Democracy in this case is 51% voting themselves the product and property of 49%.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-11-16 08:08|| 2023-11-16 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Hazmat disposal is tedious and expensive. What a great was to make it go away.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-11-16 11:23|| 2023-11-16 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the neglect is on purpose — a stealthy way to promote the city's "road diet" to force drivers out of their cars and onto public transportation.

Always a distinct possibility with people like Gov. Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass. We know these people don't like cars...er, they don't like for ordinary people to have cars. Don't expect them to give up their limos. But the public transportation in Los Angeles is totally inadequate and populated with the same kind of people who lived under the I-10 overpass.

I've heard the saying "Never attribute to incompetence what could well be malice." Or is it the other way around?

Anyway, the saying I like better is "Embrace the power of 'and'"...as in malice and incompetence.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-11-16 12:49|| 2023-11-16 12:49|| Front Page Top

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