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Old 09-15-2015, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Mleeja View Post
So it is about the money! Are you a softball player? $500,000 to upgrade softball facilities. Your ok with this? This benefits maybe 5% of the population where as striping the paths would improve safety for all Villagers. Maybe there sould be a cost benefit analysis done on all projects. What is the benefit and return on flowers in the roundabouts? As the districts make up their budgets, striping would be a continuing line item, just like flowers.
Sort of my point in my rather verbose post above. Not every expense benefits every individual in the community. But overall the goal, within financial constraints, is to provide as wide a variety of services and infrastructure to as many as feasible---kind of a community service quid pro quo---you pay for mine and I'll pay for yours.