Published June 8, 2011
TWISler Breakdown: Money, Money, Money – Politicians spend it while citizens cough it up
It was kind of therapuetic for the TWISler to take a few weeks off the usual rants to write about some of the good things going on in Sarasota. Unfortunately, every new week seems to come with yet more cheery news about how we’ve been wasting vast swaths of taxpayer money over years of shady bidding processes rigged to ensure contracts for crony companies. The worst part is what they apparently view as the solution: to gouge us citizens for every penny we’re worth in the hopes of recovering lost funds.
So, here we are two weeks in and how’re those paid parking meters treatin’ ya? That is, when they’re not malfunctioning from the humidity… Honestly, the fact that our brand-spanking new pay stations aren’t big fans of moisture in the air may be a positive for us lowly citizens. These little technical difficulities at least offer a chance for extra breaks with some complimentary “free ticketsâ€, which are one-time-only warning shots before you earn the real thing running you a cool $35. (Tip #1: Get as many “free tickets†as possible…) (more…)Tag: money
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TWISler Breakdown: Money, Money, Money
Published June 8, 2011
TWISler Breakdown: Money, Money, Money – Politicians spend it while citizens cough it up
It was kind of therapuetic for the TWISler to take a few weeks off the usual rants to write about some of the good things going on in Sarasota. Unfortunately, every new week seems to come with yet more cheery news about how we’ve been wasting vast swaths of taxpayer money over years of shady bidding processes rigged to ensure contracts for crony companies. The worst part is what they apparently view as the solution: to gouge us citizens for every penny we’re worth in the hopes of recovering lost funds.
So, here we are two weeks in and how’re those paid parking meters treatin’ ya? That is, when they’re not malfunctioning from the humidity… Honestly, the fact that our brand-spanking new pay stations aren’t big fans of moisture in the air may be a positive for us lowly citizens. These little technical difficulities at least offer a chance for extra breaks with some complimentary “free ticketsâ€, which are one-time-only warning shots before you earn the real thing running you a cool $35. (Tip #1: Get as many “free tickets†as possible…) (more…)