Bankrupt?
There's a small city near my home, or rather on my commute, that has been accused in years past, of setting up speed traps and writing unnecessary tickets, just for the sake of raising money. It has long been my view that if a city government feels the need to resort to such measures to raise money to support itself, then the size to which it has grown, is too much. What i mean is that a city's government should be easily supported by its legitimate work load. Which brings me to an unusual rant. I don't usually rant on this here blog, but tonight i will. Just a bit. The evening news reported that a third Californian city has decided to declare bankruptcy because it finds itself so many million (or may billion - i stopped listening when i started yelling at the t.v.) dollars in debt, that it must declare bankruptcy in order to come out from under these obligations. Is this absurd to anyone but me? It is my opinion, unsolicited and bold, that there is no gove...