Hi ya'll, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. I've been thinkin' about the economy a lot lately. It's really hard not to think about it when they talk about it on the news every day. News people talkin' about the economy is kind of like them givin' the weather forecast. You really don't know what is goin' to happen for sure until you step out into it.
I went into a County government office the other day and everything was in a mess. They were remodeling (probably with a federal grant) and repainting and fixing it up real nice. I was looking for some information which I usually have a hard time getting from that particular office and it was a real chore because most of the people working there had no idea how to find that information. I finally poked around until I found it myself.
What I've been thinkin' about is why do they have money to repaint and remodel but not enough money to organize things where you can find the information you need.
Another thing I've wondered about is when you go into a small town, why are the government buildings the nicest ones in the whole town? If you look around you'll notice it too. When you try to park close to a government building you have to drive around in circles and then park a mile away because the parking spaces(half of them empty) are all reserved for the people who work there. I can't think of any business that reserves the best parking for the employees and makes the customers walk to get there.
I realize that there are probably plenty of public servants who are just that and are doing a good job but when I look at things over all I figure that if anything good is going to come out of the economy it ain't goin' to come from the government.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin. Whatchall been thinkin'? Leave me a comment or write me an e-mail at bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com. I'd sure like to hear whatchall think.
I went into a County government office the other day and everything was in a mess. They were remodeling (probably with a federal grant) and repainting and fixing it up real nice. I was looking for some information which I usually have a hard time getting from that particular office and it was a real chore because most of the people working there had no idea how to find that information. I finally poked around until I found it myself.
What I've been thinkin' about is why do they have money to repaint and remodel but not enough money to organize things where you can find the information you need.
Another thing I've wondered about is when you go into a small town, why are the government buildings the nicest ones in the whole town? If you look around you'll notice it too. When you try to park close to a government building you have to drive around in circles and then park a mile away because the parking spaces(half of them empty) are all reserved for the people who work there. I can't think of any business that reserves the best parking for the employees and makes the customers walk to get there.
I realize that there are probably plenty of public servants who are just that and are doing a good job but when I look at things over all I figure that if anything good is going to come out of the economy it ain't goin' to come from the government.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin. Whatchall been thinkin'? Leave me a comment or write me an e-mail at bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com. I'd sure like to hear whatchall think.
Wouldn't you want our government to have the very best? They sure spend enough.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is it seems that the more we spend the worse government we have. I think Burt and Kurt said something about this once and if they didn't they will.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is it seems that the more we spend the worse government we have. I think Burt and Kurt said something about this once and if they didn't they will.
ReplyDeleteheard today they were going to spend 2 million re-sodding the national mall where the inaugration was held.
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