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Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Pointless Waste of Time Redux — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:36:36 +0000

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By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:21:31 +0000

Amen. The Commission royally messed us all up and now cops out by offering a “nonbinding referendum,” just like kid who’s wrecked the family car and turns it over to Daddy.

A friend calls it “snarkiness in sheeps clothing” and writes, “Just wondering if my cynicism is working overtime or if Slaughter really is engaging in what some in the corporate world would call ‘malicious compliance,’” by overcomplying with some aggravating workrule.

Time for these officials to get out of the way and for citizens to pay constant attention to government!

And get a county manager!

By: Sansou

Sansou — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:56:11 +0000

Oh, and now we learn (from Friday’s B’ham News) that Bill Slaughter worte the snarky-sounding resolution. Exceprt from article:

The questions, which run more than 300 words and come in multiple parts, in essence ask the public whether they:
–Prefer bankruptcy, default or repaying creditors in full.
–Think all residents, not just sewer customers, ought to help pay the debt.
–Want to sell the system to the Retirement Systems of Alabama, and at what general price, and whether RSA should be blocked from selling the system to a private company.

Well, hell, why not just throw in an essay question, too?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:36:10 +0000

Way to pass the buck Jeffco. You suck!