tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post6680532560334886689..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: With giant potholes, 'freeway' in Walker's Wisconsin hardly freeJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-6605550545930756982015-06-22T15:31:59.492-05:002015-06-22T15:31:59.492-05:00So, then who is getting all the money that's b...So, then who is getting all the money that's being paid out for quality road work? Is it just going in someone's pocket and there is no oversight of the work or what? Something's very fishy in the DOT and it isn't rotten fish.my5centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942220162477583126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-25370604830234081902015-06-22T15:14:13.857-05:002015-06-22T15:14:13.857-05:00A few weeks ago, my cousin hit a pothole (not in W...A few weeks ago, my cousin hit a pothole (not in Wisconsin), lost control of her car, and hit a tree. She had to be extracted from the car by Jaws of Life. A week later, she died from her injuries.<br /><br />So fixing potholes can be a matter of life or death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-77575030178601390432015-06-22T14:05:01.345-05:002015-06-22T14:05:01.345-05:00Just part of the Business Looter Playbook.
Step o...Just part of the Business Looter Playbook.<br /><br />Step one: seize management control of an organization. Step Two: slash all repair, maintenance, and upgrade budgets. Step Three: ruthlessly downsize staffing. Step Four: borrow enormous amounts of money to cash out those who are presently in control (or, in the case of a public institution, to build or construct new facilities to serve a particular political base and finance tax cuts). Step Five: move on to another organization, leaving the old with a ton of debt service, severe customer service issues, and vendors putting you on cash-up-front terms (or for public entities; a ton of debt service, cratering public service quality; and vendors putting you on cash-up-front terms).<br /><br />I think that Milwaukee County residents already went through this once already; now it's the entire state's turn. But notice its close similarity to corporate raiding strategies.Dr. Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348503465596808479noreply@blogger.com