Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
See http://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/hotnews/newsdisplay.asp?NewsID=4894.
Remember to thank the budget priorities of upper class tax cuts and
subsidies, when your favorite rural riding routes change from pavement
to road bike unfriendly aggregate surfacing.


I assume Iowa crooks are similar to Illinois:

http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.c...a-in-2010.html

and Wisconsin:

http://www.franklinnow.com/blogs/com.../98603114.html

A guy who wants use of the county roads is out of luck, pal.
Finagling pays better than paving.

We once had the occasional honest man:

"n 1926 Tom Pendergast, Mike’s other son, supported Truman
for a four-year term as presiding judge of the county with
full authority over county roads, buildings, and taxes.
Although the Pendergast machine was strong, with his
characteristic bluntness, Truman told Pendergast he would
fire any man who failed to do an honest job. Finding the
road system a shambles, the courthouse in ruins, and tax
money in the pockets of Pendergast supporters, Truman began
wholesale firings. He appointed an independent road
commission, hired reputable workers, secured out-of-state
bank loans at low interest rates, and ended graft in
building contracts. He toured the country to find the
best-designed courthouse. He found it in Shreveport,
Louisiana, hired its architect, and floated a successful
bond issue to pay for a similar building in Kansas City. In
1929 Mike Pendergast died, and his two sons replaced him.
Truman’s influence was enhanced, and he was reelected to a
second four-year term as presiding county judge."

from:

http://www.knowsouthernhistory.net/B.../Harry_Truman/

Honesty being an ever more rare attribute, I don't have much
hope. Great monies are levied but nothing works.


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