Back in the day, the Butler County Commission asked the Department of Environmental Services to get a little leaner and increase efficiency in order to provide a reduction in water bills that county residents pay. At today's commissioner's meeting, a plan was revealed that would accomplish exactly that. [Source: Cox Newspaper's fearless reporter Dave Greber]
Guess what the amazing part is? Apparently, the commissioners weren't expecting that their directives would be followed:
Commissioner Don Dixon’s first response: “Wow.”I'd certainly hope that they did exactly what you instructed them to do, Commissioner.
“You followed our instructions (to reduce bills and streamline the department) specifically,” Dixon said.
Of course, our fearless reporter just has to ask whether or not a few bucks worth of savings to the residents is worth 22 jobs. The comments are a real hoot... The answer, Dave, is YES. Government isn't supposed to be a jobs program...it is supposed to provide efficient service. No more; no less.
Butler county is in pretty good shape considering the idiots we have running things in Columbus. If we had a media in this area that actually would report on the good things happening here, maybe people would start to notice that.
