More stupidity on parade
Atlanta priorities — $300,000 toilets for homeless
By Bob Barr
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta’s infrastructure is crumbling. Its flagship public hospital is on life support. Its roads are among the most congested in the nation. It faces a continuing water-supply crisis. But don’t worry, the City has its priorities in order. Atlanta is about ready to unveil the latest example of how it spends its taxpayers’ dollars. The City has taken $1.5 million from its Development Authority “Homeless Opportunity Fund” and built five $300,000, state-of-the-art, technologically advanced public toilets for homeless persons to use.
5 toilets, y’all, 5
Atlanta residents might legitimately ask the City exactly what “homeless opportunity” is advanced by such an expenditure, other than offering a few people the ability to relieve themselves in a public toilet with running warm water, automatic toilet paper dispensers, and piped-in music playing — get this — “What the World Needs Now is Love” (I kid you not). (more…)
Well isn’t that just wasteful. Homeless shelters would’ve been a better investment.
Comment by Anonymiss | February 26, 2008