Comments on: Show Me Your Papers http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Global Warming http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html/comment-page-1#comment-11216 Global Warming Sat, 17 May 2008 03:19:21 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html#comment-11216 <p>Ah. But what if a politician started taking pictures of himself at bridge-paintings?</p> Ah. But what if a politician started taking pictures of himself at bridge-paintings?

]]> By: tribal elder http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html/comment-page-1#comment-11215 tribal elder Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:48 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html#comment-11215 <p>And, the park/new building OPENING is a photo opportunity, and maybe the project even has a politician's name on it. </p> <p>No politician is gonna get his picture taken at the bridge painting, so maintenance of infrastructure has low utility to the decision maker.</p> And, the park/new building OPENING is a photo opportunity, and maybe the project even has a politician’s name on it.

No politician is gonna get his picture taken at the bridge painting, so maintenance of infrastructure has low utility to the decision maker.

]]> By: mostly cajun http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html/comment-page-1#comment-11214 mostly cajun Mon, 12 May 2008 21:58:56 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html#comment-11214 <p>I tend to think that it's us in that other two-thirds that have little effect in election outcomes. Politicians happily pander to the welfare and government program crowd knowing well that promises of funding "social programs" (on a federal and state level) or more parks and recreation (on a local level) brings vast dividends in votes.</p> <p>Meanwhile we in the middle look at decaying infrastructure and wonder why we have a few million for new pools and rec centers but the budget to repair infrastructure comes up short. Simple reason? the dollars on the frills are much more visible and personal. A new park in the middle of a neighborhood is seen by EVERYBODY but nobody notices that the bridge DOESN'T fall down...</p> <p>MC</p> I tend to think that it’s us in that other two-thirds that have little effect in election outcomes. Politicians happily pander to the welfare and government program crowd knowing well that promises of funding “social programs” (on a federal and state level) or more parks and recreation (on a local level) brings vast dividends in votes.

Meanwhile we in the middle look at decaying infrastructure and wonder why we have a few million for new pools and rec centers but the budget to repair infrastructure comes up short. Simple reason? the dollars on the frills are much more visible and personal. A new park in the middle of a neighborhood is seen by EVERYBODY but nobody notices that the bridge DOESN’T fall down…

MC

]]> By: Jay http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html/comment-page-1#comment-11213 Jay Mon, 12 May 2008 21:22:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/05/show-me-your-pa.html#comment-11213 <p>Off topic, but you seem to like these kinds of stories....</p> <p>http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/SPORTS/804170313</p> <p>"This is the first time a state girls' tourney other than the AA will be played in Great Falls. It's been estimated that state basketball tournaments bring in well over $1 million to the local economy."</p> Off topic, but you seem to like these kinds of stories….

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/SPORTS/804170313

“This is the first time a state girls’ tourney other than the AA will be played in Great Falls. It’s been estimated that state basketball tournaments bring in well over $1 million to the local economy.”

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