There are Potholes and then there are Potholes

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As everyone knows, infrastructure and potholes are all across America and even cities with more money than we,  don't have the funds. But one struggling city is filling in their holes in an innovative way--and it's not by taxing the people for 34 years.

"Chicago has been hit particularly hard--with 47,500 pothole complaints between December and March alone. The city has rolled out a pothole tracker and a new strategy to deal with it....Also, The option to raise property taxes to cover the annual required pension contribution is simply out of the question considering homeowners would be looking at a 35 percent tax increase"...sound familiar? Read about one artist who is making a difference. With staggering unfunded pension obligations and debt, Chicago could next follow Detroit.

 
In the meantime, there are Lake Worth's potholes that were vandalized by the YES advocates (losers) during the recent election. The Palm Beach Post even said that if the bond had passed, taxpayers would have been looking at a 35% increase in taxes. With staggering unfunded pension obligations and debt, Lake Worth just keeps on spending and will be drawing $264,544 out of reserves (savings) in order to balance its budget for FY 2014/2015. The entire commission, with the exception of Amoroso, voted to accept the Budget. We continue to ask this commission to live within its means, but as usual, it does NOT listen.