We trudge forward with more head-shakers from the City of Detroit.
The good news: City Council realizes that the budget deficit is growing worse (almost $300 million), and now they're putting on a game face (supposedly) and planning to cut each councilmember's individual outlay for the year.
Amounts spent in the last fiscal year ranged from $5,959 to nearly $340,000 to cover everything from additional hires to office supplies & equipment.
Of course, Monica Conyers remains the most mystifying. How she values the practicality of money differs from about 6.2 billion of us worldwide. For example, nearly $7,000 was spent on police protection for herself during visits to three U.S. cities (she probably worries she's a target -- ah, don't get us started on that). And almost $6,200 in new carpeting for her office, while nary a penny more can be saved up to fix the streetlighting or tend to the neighborhoods.
Thirteen-thousand-two-hundred dollars. And what does her spokesperson say? "All of these expenses were official business."
Maybe the guy who nearly had his classic car ruined by leaky water at the Auto Show at Cobo Hall this past year has a grave he'd want to turn over in. Simply crazy. Drawing on yesterday's entry, would you want to build a bridge here?
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All my Saturday running (bills, groceries & such) are being pushed to later today, because I am also working Saturday, which technically makes me working seven days this week. And what a run it will be: over 100 miles here & there.
Tell the truth, I find myself doing more for the good of the house then I swore I'd do two weeks ago. Any move with Laura, or anywhere else, couldn't be further from my mind. And that's a shame; I didn't intend it to turn out so negatively. There's no finger-pointing, no one's at fault. These days, you need every safety net you can get, while cutting out the risk factors.
That's the 21st century for us, so far.
