pnh102
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Mount Airy, MD
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Re: Someone who still doesn't get that muni-WiFi is dead
Just more proof that states need to step in and ban local governments from abusing taxpayers like this. When they talk about Philadelphia I can only think of how all the money the city wasted on its wireless Internet racket could have helped pay for more police officers or improvements to schools.
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a333
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Rego Park, NY | exactly, instead of WiFi, maybe some of that money could go to public schools such as mine, where they're considering cutting down on AP courses and school day length... sad..... |
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to pnh102
Yep. They should since we all know Philly spent thousands of dollars on building that network. /sarcasm |
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pnh102
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| said by hottboiinnc  :Yep. They should since we all know Philly spent thousands of dollars on building that network. /sarcasm About $220K of taxpayer money was thrown at this boondoggle so far, and that's over the table spending. Given the way we'd see things go down as described in the local news when we lived near there, I have a feeling a lot more than this was spent.
»www.kyw1060.com/pages/1790263.php?
Even if $220K could pay the salaries of 3 or 4 cops, it would have been a better use of that money, especially with crime in Philadelphia the way it is. 
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a333
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Rego Park, NY
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hottboinnc:
So, according to you, while many cities apparently face 'budget cuts' and pass it onto important branches of gov't like public schools, you're fine with throwing taxpayer dollars down the drain at things like WiFi? Heck, I go to a Specialized H.S. in NYC and they might be hit with a
$4 million budget cut next year! They're even thinking of cutting back on the school day, and cutting AP courses. I'm sure similar events are taking place across the country, mainly due to wastes of money like these, besides Bush's trillion $$$ mistake. |
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