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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (573305)	6/23/2010 7:26:28 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578069

City Fires All Employees, Outsources Police Work MAYWOOD, CALIF., IS '100% CONTRACTED' newser.com (NEWSER) – Tough times: The city of Maywood, California, is laying off all city employees and hiring contractors for police work and all other essential business, the Los Angeles Times reports. Having been bankrupted by financial incompetence, the City Council decided to fire all 100 city workers. It will contract police services from the LA County Sheriff's Department and get street maintenance, finance, and administrative services from a neighboring city. City Council members blamed what they called excessive insurance claims against the police department for the financial mess, along with corruption by previous councils. But critics pointed out that the current council failed to act on recommendations from an insurance agency. "You guys had the power to change it and you didn't," said the city treasurer. "You single-handedly destroyed the city." And, yes, she's being laid off, too.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (573305)	6/23/2010 8:48:43 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578069

Ted, > Think, Ten......all the roads, freeways and parking lots are a subsidy for cars. Its a very costly subsidy. So will be the "subsidies" (as you call it) for rail. Yes, but trains are more efficient users of fuel than cars. Get it? Along with the "subsidies" for sidewalks and Tokyo-style urban living, which we will all have to endure if and when oil becomes scarce. We'll adapt. No big deal. Better to give people the freedom to do that than to force them into a future society that, frankly, is based on an anti-oil self-fulfilling prophesy. If we wait til oil is scarce, our economy will collapse. Other companies see that eventuality and are planning accordingly.