Jeffco ready to halt supersewer work

Ah, the Supersewer. The county commissioner in charge has decided the kitchen is a bit too hot, and has decided to put forth a resolution to kill this thing. He blames the media, the tree-huggers, ignorant black people (he is black, too, but since some black people disagreed with him they are obviously being manipulated by the aforementioned media and tree-huggers) and a host of other things, except for maybe the real reason.

I am all for development and if that means running a sewer under the Cahaba several times, that just might be an okay thing--IF there had been such a thing as an open process in this whole deal. Secret meetings of public officials, no-bid contracts to the politically connected, huge amounts of money across and under the table (my money, by the way), and a general attitude of "let us real smart folks run things and you don't worry" are just a tiny fraction of all the things that are wrong with this mess.

Had there been some sort of public give-and-take and dispassionate presentation of facts and a concerted effort to insure that the State Constitution and the Commission's own rules were followed, much of this stupid fight might not have happened. That's not to say there still wouldn't be a sewer; it might BE the right solution.

But the right solution deserved to be worked out in the open, and done by the book.
posted by Terry at 12:01:00 PM