frustration

[Hoosier]

a deputy magically appeared and told me I couldn't leave that box there.

I told him that I was taking a photo to document my frustration that a govt office is not open the full week.

What did he say when you told him that?

Colorado Springs budget crunch has made national headlines several times. Either you get low taxes, or you get government offices that are open seven days a week. Of course most people's response would be, "Buuuut I need to use XYZ government service, it should be open! Cut the other programs I don't care about so the ones I do are available!"

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/fr...ters/19788505/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123691065

It'll be interesting to see what happens with their experiment in the long term.

H.

[Phylord]

Bah, this is a socialist program anyway. Let the private sector do the disposal!!

Right? Lower taxes, less govt, more private sector?

Oh, guys I'm sorry. I got no lovin last night and I'm all backed up! Don't you know a guy can die from this?

LOL

[Byte Stryke]

What did he say when you told him that?

Colorado Springs budget crunch has made national headlines several times. Either you get low taxes, or you get government offices that are open seven days a week. Of course most people's response would be, "Buuuut I need to use XYZ government service, it should be open! Cut the other programs I don't care about so the ones I do are available!"

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/fr...ters/19788505/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123691065

It'll be interesting to see what happens with their experiment in the long term.

H.

I have an answer.
Cut Government fat.
The "Site office manager" of LMNOP Doesn't need 140K a year to sit on his ass and BS With the guys about what he did all weekend while doing minimal administrative duties.

There is not enough economic threat for the government. just about everyone else has faced paycuts and layoffs, Comparatively the government FAT at the top has not seen this.
I'm not talking about the Clerk that faces the lines of people everyday, or goes in and punches the clock and works his ass off everyday for 30-60K.
I'm talking about the guys that go in at 10, break for lunch at 11, Come back at 2 only to leave at 3:30 while bilking the taxpayers for an exacerbating amount of money. Congressmen/Women, Senators that don't show up for > 10% of their votes.

[sniper7]

http://adm.elpasoco.com/Environmenta...s/default.aspx

A quick google search even from my phone was all that was necessary to tell you the hours.

Sorry man but this is like taking your kid to school on a saturday and getting pissed that teachers aren't there.


I don't even see why this building should be open 4 days a week. 2-3 would be more than sufficient. Saves taxes too.

[StagLefty]

I have an answer.
Cut Government fat.
The "Site office manager" of LMNOP Doesn't need 140K a year to sit on his ass and BS With the guys about what he did all weekend while doing minimal administrative duties.

There is not enough economic threat for the government. just about everyone else has faced paycuts and layoffs, Comparatively the government FAT at the top has not seen this.
I'm not talking about the Clerk that faces the lines of people everyday, or goes in and punches the clock and works his ass off everyday for 30-60K.
I'm talking about the guys that go in at 10, break for lunch at 11, Come back at 2 only to leave at 3:30 while bilking the taxpayers for an exacerbating amount of money. Congressmen/Women, Senators that don't show up for > 10% of their votes.

^+1 But I doubt if I'll see any action that's needed like this in my lifetime

[mx'r]

Flush it all and let the City deal with it. The waste water plant is open 24/7...

[hollohas]

What did he say when you told him that?

Colorado Springs budget crunch has made national headlines several times. Either you get low taxes, or you get government offices that are open seven days a week. Of course most people's response would be, "Buuuut I need to use XYZ government service, it should be open! Cut the other programs I don't care about so the ones I do are available!"

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/fr...ters/19788505/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123691065

It'll be interesting to see what happens with their experiment in the long term.

H.

^This.

Would you rather they tax and spend more?

CS has voted over and over again to keep taxes relatively low and voter approved initiatives like TABOR have also kept the city from taking in a lot of money. They don't have enough money to run everything so they shut many services down...or reduce the hours of others. Has been happening for years. It's not a bad thing when a city shuts things down because they don't have funding. If only our federal government would take a clue from this and start cutting services rather than running up debt. Just about the only profitable CS city organization is CS Utilities and now the rest of the city is trying to create a shell game to take that money from the Utilities to use elsewhere.

The one thing to take away from this is the Colorado Springs voters have kept taxes and fees low and during a recession they bring in even less so that's why you have fewer and fewer services in CS everyday. If you want that place to be open on Friday, vote to raise your taxes...
I personally think it's more important to keep one more bus running, keep one more fireman working or keep a library open rather than keep a recycling place open 7 days per week, IMO.

[Phylord]

Agree~!

[theGinsue]

How about offering self-help drop-off bins clearly labeled for the different items than can go in them and leave the bins open and available 24/7.

This would only require minimal oversight and sorting throughout hte week - like 2 or 3 times a week, yet would be avaialble to the public all of the time.

Seems just a little too win-win to ever get implemented.

[JohnTRourke]

just do like the illegals and chuck it in a field somewhere.

seems to work for them.






(mostly sarcasm)