Colin,
Run for office and fix some of it!
Four years ago I was among the slate of people wishing to run for 
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.  There were perhaps twenty people on 
the slate.  At the last minute, two days before the event, they asked 
everyone to come to a meeting and present their qualifications.  of 
course I was out of town and unavailable so the person they wanted 
for the job got it anyhow, but it was fun to be in the mix for a few 
weeks.  Stated I had no previous political experience so didn't have 
to kiss anyone's butt.  But it was not to be!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 07:45 PM 7/28/2014, you wrote:
>lol...we had our provincial premier resign her office earlier this year
>because of some rather scandalous questionable spending on her own personal
>stuff...meanwhile the roads are falling apart, civic projects are years
>behind schedule, there are still homeless people on the streets...and she
>wants a 2 million dollar personal penthouse built in a government
>building...for her and her daughter.
>Not to mention the 10's of thousands spent on government charters to bring
>friends along to entertain her daughter while traveling on government
>business.  She used to spend around 2000 bucks a day just on flights between
>her home city and the capital city, so she could go home at night...and they
>still had a 3500 dollar per month condo rented in the capital for her
>personal use...so she didn't have to commute by plain.
>That is just the tip of the iceberg, and this went on for a couple years
>before anyone took notice.
>So, just imagine how much money gets spent on things like this if you begin
>to multiply the number of high level government positions that allow large
>expense accounts like this for more or less personal use.  Granted, the
>government must be run in a compitent fashion, which does require travel,
>and that travel usually has a time sensativity factor...but still, it's just
>unbelievable the sheer quantity of money that is spent when much of the
>time, if someone was actually in charge of finding cheaper alternatives,
>debt wouldn't be a problem for government.
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
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>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 6:30 PM
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: anyone else having problems with chirp in windows?
>
> > Or trips or whatever!!  Who's cynical!
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 05:50 PM 7/28/2014, you wrote:
> >>I would think so, but with no money in it, lawyers aren't interested and
> >>governments thumb their noses at the law while they save those holly tax
> >>payer dollars, so they can spend the money on things like roundabouts,
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 2:44 PM
> >>Subject: Re: anyone else having problems with chirp in windows?
> >>
> >>
> >> > If that is the case, it is probably illegal since we are just as
> >> > entitled
> >> > to
> >> > use paratransit as any other disability group.
> >> > Harvey
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> > On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> >> > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 7:03 AM
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Subject: Re: anyone else having problems with chirp in windows?
> >> >
> >> > Many para-transit systems don't allow blind people to use them.
> >> > Luckilly,
> >> > ours does.
> >> > Not much for jobs up here either.
> >>
> >>
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