Attractive Normal!

By: Diane Benjamin Remember this mowing fail from July 20th? https://blnnews.com/2022/07/20/5-things-you-need-to-know-5/ The next day it was cleaned up: (Thanks to the same reader who sent the above) The pictures below are from a different reader. These are a little north of the ones above. The reader claims this hasn’t been touched in months. Normal put […]

Government or Privatize

By:  Diane Benjamin I’ve never understood why so many locals think their garbage would never be picked up if it was privatized.  Most of those who don’t agree are transplants who came from towns where garbage was privatized.  Most are appalled they have to pay the government monopoly to get garbage picked up.  Competition always […]

Oops, they did it again

By:  Diane Benjamin Last summer I posted pictures of City employees NOT working: https://blnnews.com/2015/04/29/austere-budget-short-staffed-really/ https://blnnews.com/2015/07/09/more-fun-with-city-employees/ I thought they had finally figured out with this story: https://blnnews.com/2015/06/05/and-the-good-news-is/ Consider this lesson #2 in Common Sense vrs Government.  Part #1 was last night:  https://blnnews.com/2016/06/28/common-sense-vrs-government/ The private sector values productivity.  Employees don’t sit around and get paid for it.  […]