Re:Comcast rejected by small town, residents vote for munici...
by wongarsu on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @01:35PM
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>Is private sector waste a big thing?
sure, lots of big companies have problems with waste. Keeping things lean, focused and uncorrupted gets hard with size and higher hierarchies. But if the incentives are there it is somewhat easier for a private enterprise to avoid waste in all its forms.
>I wonder if there's something simple we're missing for a way to stop public spending that goes to corruption/waste.
Yes, accountability and informed voters. Why is a major who hired her cousin as city manager (even if it was at market rate) still in office?
Bringing reporting to the 21 century with easy to digest dashboards how various metrics of the city changed over the last 12 years or so would also help. The data is mostly there, it's just very time consuming to consume.
sure, lots of big companies have problems with waste. Keeping things lean, focused and uncorrupted gets hard with size and higher hierarchies. But if the incentives are there it is somewhat easier for a private enterprise to avoid waste in all its forms.
>I wonder if there's something simple we're missing for a way to stop public spending that goes to corruption/waste.
Yes, accountability and informed voters. Why is a major who hired her cousin as city manager (even if it was at market rate) still in office?
Bringing reporting to the 21 century with easy to digest dashboards how various metrics of the city changed over the last 12 years or so would also help. The data is mostly there, it's just very time consuming to consume.