Legistlaters gonna legislate

Now that we've established that pizza is a vegetable and re-affirmed our national motto, lets get down to some serious work!

Catching up on fails you pay for

That is some mighty fine driving. Thanks boys...

Time AND Money. Nice!

Cleanin up the streets

Your tax dollars at work Rockford!
Open wide, I think I see a little build up behind a molar.

The statue was built from donations, not taxpayer dollars. I would also assume the paint used by the vandal was not paid with taxpayer dollars, but that is far from guaranteed...

For the rest of the story, we see plenty of taxpayer dollars going to work.

1.) The statue, while commissioned from donations was placed, insured and is maintained by the parks department. (Yes, there is at least one rider in the city's insurance policy for this statue)
2.) The renaming of the park it stands in as further homage to the individual immortalized was taken care of by the parks department. (The individual immortalized is so honored for arranging fireworks displays and hanging christmas lights...)
3.) The city has a graffiti removal 'experts' team. This team is unable to fix this and had to call in an outside expert/vendor to analyze. This outside expert/vendor will also probably be the one to eventually clean it.
4.) The initial team of experts apparently wasn't called in until AFTER someone at the city was called in with a steamed water pressure washer. (shown above) Only then did they determine that the paint is automotive paint and ain't coming off without chemicals and sand blasters.
5.) The reason the government jumped into action prior to knowing what action was required is because there is a wedding this weekend in a nearby park. *gasp* We can't ruin the bride's special day booked in a public area by exposing her to what happens in public places!
6.) The tarp that will adorn this statue for the weekend also belongs to the parks department. At least it is a multi-use tarp and hopefully was not purchased just for this special occasion.

Nothing to see here, our city is pristine. Move along now.

7.) The police have been called in and are investigating. I imagine they have all their best men on the case.
8.) And a live report coming from a city employee downtown Rockford today reports seeing "the mayor, police chief, and about five cops surrounding the statue earlier today."

Vandalism riles up a city government real good...

THIS is whyrockfordianspaytaxes.
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200 mph patrol car

TAKE A $360,000 POLICE CAR

ADD AN INCOMPETENT POLICE OFFICER

AND YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY!

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2 for 1

Its that much better when the city has to pay to repair two cop cars for the same mistake.

Dunk

Maybe this one won't cost too much if they can use a different fire truck to pull it out.
And, of course, this truck still works...

Suddenly Big Red understood why he was never to bob for apples

Laws of Physics

Above the laws of the land? You betcha.
Above the laws of physics? Nope!

The flashing lights are on to let you know this is an emergency.

PS -

Shown:

The officer, doing nothing, on the clock.

A portion of the crew working to get the car out, whether government employees or contractors.

Damage to completed work in a road construction project.

Not Shown:

Re-demolishing this concrete area.

Re-completing the work in this road construction project.

PPS - I'd be willing to bet the police cruiser in the picture was still idling.

Nothing to see here... Move along now

A few tax dollars at work here...

Nothing to see here... Move along now

A few taxpayer dollars at work here...

Police lineup

I don't have the back story. You really don't need one to see a small mountain of tax dollars at work.

Rooftop Parking

Sometimes the amount of money we waste on law enforcement isn't at all an example of poorly trained government employees. Sometimes befuddled 71 year old men aren't happy with just a speeding ticket and decide to check out the rooftop parking...

That one'll set Buffalo Grove, IL taxpayers back a couple hundred bucks.
(I especially like how he tries to warn people of his maneuver with his turn signal)

THIS is whyipaytaxes.

I'm not afraid to turn this bus around

Are you sure the bus driver has remained designated?

That one will set Phoenix taxpayers back a couple bucks...

Nothing to see here, move along, professional policework being conducted

That one will set some taxpayers back a couple bucks...

Your tax dollars at work

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