Can The City Afford An Auditor? From The Looks Of Things, No, It Might Be Too Late For A Much Needed Auditor!

Why does this public trash can exist where it is?  Why should we pay one dime to have DPW empty and service it (I won't say maintain!)?  There is no reason for it to be there.  It screams, YOU ARE WASTING MONEY BY KEEPING ME HERE!  

It's pretty easy to draw a line from that bit of city infrastructure to the city's fiscal woes. 

Why are the signs up as if this is an entrance to the 7th Street Park?  Who should have ever been entering the park there by walking across the train tracks, and who can even pass through there now?

A city that thinks nothing of having two public trash cans within 25 feet of one another is a city that is bound to struggle financially or just fail completely.

How much longer will we be subjected to the lovely new facade of former city judge Brian Herman's former property?  How temporary will the plywood structure be, why is it there, and was permission given by the city have it built (taking up a portion of the sidewalk)?

Is Rob Perry not able to fix/maintain this important piece of city property because there is no money to do so?  What else could be the reason for it to remain ignored FOR YEARS?  If the city can't afford to fix a gaping hole at the base of a streetlamp pole for years, I'm think that hiring an auditor to root out waste and inefficiencies (and possible theft of city funds, which I suspect is happening) is out of the question.

This utility pole was nearly snapped in two by a vehicle in EARLY DECEMBER!  The process of removing it cannot begin until DPW removes the streetlight attached to its top.  The shattered pole (with rope and cone!) might serve as an appropriate permanent WELCOME sign for drivers entering the city on Glenwood Boulevard.  Welcome to Broken City!  Proceed At Your Own Risk!

Across the street, more cones (since last fall):

The long piece of wood is waiting to be replaced 
or shored up by DPW.  Or the Youth Department. 
It's difficult to say which department is going to get 
it done, if ever.  Meanwhile, the cones remain,
beautifying the public park ...

...sometimes even submerged! 
To warn the fish and turtles, too!
  (April 11th)