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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by kasey_junk on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:48PM (#34990491)
The unpopular answer to this is bureaucratic organizations. The sewer management office at your local government should be staffed with people capable and incentivized to care about issues in the future.

But we’ve spent 45 years hollowing out those organizations in the US.

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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by pyuser583 on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:31PM (#34991184)
My local sewage district is the best run municipal agency in the entire county.

It is run by commissioners chosen by the mayors of the cities they serve and a few are chosen by the county.

They all have graduate degrees in engineering. The employees are similarly qualified.

I suspect the reason they do such a good job is that theyre insulated from the rest of government.

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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by drewcoo on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:44PM (#34991275)
Bureaucracies don't restore order or put innovations in place.

Bureaucracies make change happen slowly. They preserve the status quo.

And yes, we've been busy gutting the gov't status quo for decades.

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