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In reply to the discussion: So we do the right thing by getting hybrids, then... [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Who needed to get from Marin to their jobs in the city. The moment the economy started to tank, then it was busses being cut and bridge tolls being raised. (Marin County has to take a hit whenever the Bridge district takes one, in terms of transportation services being cut.)
I mean, not that it wasn't a nice party. But it is not the government's job to tax us and then throw parties with a "surplus."
And knowing what I know about most elected officials, I bet there was quite a lot of skimming off the top, for that amount of expense to arrive at $ 50 mil.
I once interviewed one of the people who was on the Board of Directors for the GG Bridge district. I asked him the worth of the bridge district, and he did not know it.
Can you imagine someone being on the Board of Verizon and not knowing the worth of the company? Or Google, or Amazon? But that is so typical of people who are appointed to head public districts, or to have a positon in the "public trust.".