Tuesday, October 14, 2003
I see from the AJC that Atlanta sewer bills are likely to triple in 5 years.
Well and good, but the Mayor has decided that since these prices increases may "put the city at risk of being unaffordable," the rest of the US will just have to pitch in. Yes indeed, she wants money from the State and Federal governments to fix Atlanta's sewage problems.
Hey Mayor! Clean up your own mess! You've known this was coming for a long time.
So did Bill. Remember him? Your mentor, who fled town leaving his flunkies to deal with the FBI?
Actually, Atlanta had sewage problems when Maynard (mentor to both you and Bill) got us the games. Of course, now that he's dead, hysterically beatified, and awaiting an airport name change, I guess we'll just leave him out of this. But tell me, Mme. Mayor, just how much did he make on Atlanta's bond business? Bet you wish you had some of that cash right now.
Anyway, here's the deal: lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency for the rest of us. You need to repair your sewers? Pay for them yourself. How to pay for them? Well, you could consider emptying and selling that white elephant on Ponce. You could consider leasing the airport to a private company. You could consider simply going out of business, merging with Fulton County, and saving us all the cost of duplicated services. You could consider rolling back the Domestic Partner benefits. Privatize garbage collection. Hell, how about privatizing tax collection?
Of course, you won't do any of that, will you? No, you'll just keep screwing the actual taxpayers 'til the last one leaves for Gwinnett, or Forsyth, or Rockdale, or Newton. And you won't stop then, will you? At that stage you'll just get all the deadbeats left inside your city limits to call on their State and Federal representatives to demand that the rest of us bail you out. Be careful about doing that, however. They're only used to working for about 15 minutes every two or four years. You can't afford to make many other demands on them: it might damage you politically.
Well and good, but the Mayor has decided that since these prices increases may "put the city at risk of being unaffordable," the rest of the US will just have to pitch in. Yes indeed, she wants money from the State and Federal governments to fix Atlanta's sewage problems.
Hey Mayor! Clean up your own mess! You've known this was coming for a long time.
So did Bill. Remember him? Your mentor, who fled town leaving his flunkies to deal with the FBI?
Actually, Atlanta had sewage problems when Maynard (mentor to both you and Bill) got us the games. Of course, now that he's dead, hysterically beatified, and awaiting an airport name change, I guess we'll just leave him out of this. But tell me, Mme. Mayor, just how much did he make on Atlanta's bond business? Bet you wish you had some of that cash right now.
Anyway, here's the deal: lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency for the rest of us. You need to repair your sewers? Pay for them yourself. How to pay for them? Well, you could consider emptying and selling that white elephant on Ponce. You could consider leasing the airport to a private company. You could consider simply going out of business, merging with Fulton County, and saving us all the cost of duplicated services. You could consider rolling back the Domestic Partner benefits. Privatize garbage collection. Hell, how about privatizing tax collection?
Of course, you won't do any of that, will you? No, you'll just keep screwing the actual taxpayers 'til the last one leaves for Gwinnett, or Forsyth, or Rockdale, or Newton. And you won't stop then, will you? At that stage you'll just get all the deadbeats left inside your city limits to call on their State and Federal representatives to demand that the rest of us bail you out. Be careful about doing that, however. They're only used to working for about 15 minutes every two or four years. You can't afford to make many other demands on them: it might damage you politically.
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