I thought San Francisco was a public toilet?
San Francisco is spending $1.7M on one public toilet
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Re: San Francisco is spending $1.7M on one public toilet
#52I do not believe this type of public theft is due to incompetence, I believe it is corruption and grift
hey now, let's not give them too much credit, it's probably a bit of both
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#53Paris has automatically self-cleaning public toilets all around and they cost around $200k each to build and install. There’s no way this is a remotely reasonable cost and is clearly a grift.
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#54The Arts Commission’s Civic Design Review committee will be responsible for conducting a “multi-phase review” of the project, like it does for all projects on public lands. Before the project is put out for bid, it will be subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act, according to the Chronicle. The public toilet will be built by union workers who will “earn a living wage and benefits,” according…
I mean there is nothing wrong with the whole "built-by-union-workers"-thingy. its more all of the Bureaucracy involved thats stupid.
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#55The entire article reads like something straight from The Onion.
Re: San Francisco is spending $1.7M on one public toilet
#56I do not believe this type of public theft is due to incompetence, I believe it is corruption and grift
Incompetence and bureaucracy seem more likely.
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#57Really frustrating there are no photos.
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#60One of my jobs is in the public service. This seems like the usual case of public servants doing everything possible to avoid someone being unhappy with them later. Consultations, union workers, tons and tons of approvals, etc. Remember, you can't really win as a government worker. The priority is not to lose. You want every little concern addressed? You want layers and layers of accountability? You want the top conc…
So how do we fix it without adding yet another layer? All the govt seems to do is add more layers.