seriously?

a recent article from the BS (Boerne Star) contained this jewel:

a .5 reduction in home values means that the city will have to dip into 22% of its fiscal reserves.

Oh, and I just read that the City bought the old Dollar General store by the old high school.  For $700k.  And now they need to spend $300k+ to turn it into offices.  Never mind that they could buy a lot for $200k and then build a $150k building that would more than suffice.  Never mind that the high school is cutting jobs, and that the city is dipping 22% into its reserves.  Let's just keep spending money we don't have to provide facilities for employees we don't have nor can afford. 

on another note, my boat performed flawlessly this weekend, so there's that I guess.

Even at the local level - government is broken and not worthy of trust.

Oh yeah - AND my local postman forgot to deliver the mail on Friday. 

k - i'm done rambling.  All this stupid gubment-speak got me all confused this morning.