Mastodawn

City of Winnipeg wound up $14M in the red in 2025
The City of Winnipeg ended last year with a $14.3-million deficit, mainly because of lower than expected revenue from regulation charges, higher costs for building materials and a modest cost overrun in the public works department.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deficit-2025-final-report-9.7162095?cmp=rss

Sean Murthy Apr 11

Take that, you "Bridge to nowhere". 🌉 🛣️

https://us.cnn.com/2026/04/11/europe/hungary-election-orban-corruption-roundabout-intl

#publicWorks #waste #government #Hungary #roundabout #California #bridge

A $1.5 million roundabout from nowhere to nowhere shows the ‘Orbánist economy’

Ahead of a pivotal parliamentary election Sunday, opponents ask what Hungary has to show for vast sums of European Union funding brought in under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

CNN

CBC Ottawa Apr 8

‘Earlier than normal’ melt leads to early flood season in Ottawa
Jim Lethbridge from the city’s public works emergency planning and response team gets us ready for another flood season.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7156723?cmp=rss

Mathrubhumi English Apr 6

Supreme Court orders CBI to probe alleged awarding of Arunachal Pradesh government contracts to CM Pema Khandu’s family firms https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/supreme-court-cbi-probe-arunachal-pema-khandu-m0vso1vd?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PemaKhandu #ArunachalPradesh #CBIProbe #SupremeCourt #PublicWorks

Otis White Apr 3

“End socialism for private car storage”: How should we pay for street maintenance? An economist offers seven rules that could be summarized as two principles. First, let those who cause the costs bear them. Second, don’t neglect maintenance. Patching streets is a lot cheaper than rebuilding them. https://cityobservatory.org/how-should-portland-pay-for-streets-2026/ #publicworks #localgov

How should Portland pay for streets? – City Observatory

WIST Quotations Apr 2

A quotation from Lincoln

   The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
   The desirable things which the individuals of a people can not do, or can not well do, for themselves, fall into two classes: those which have relation to wrongs, and those which have not. Each of these branch off into an infinite variety of subdivisions. The first — that in relation to wrongs — embraces all crimes, misdemeanors, and non-performance of contracts. The other embraces all which, in its nature, and without wrong, requires combined action, as public roads and highways, public schools, charities, pauperism, orphanage, estates of the deceased, and the machinery of government itself.
   From this it appears that if all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1854-07-01?), fragment on government

More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/3093…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #community #government #humanity #judiciary #lawenforcement #publicservices #publicworks #smallgovernment #welfare

Lincoln, Abraham - Speech (1854-07-01?), fragment on government | WIST Quotations

The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves -- in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well…

WIST Quotations

Alameda Post Mar 24

City Council approved a new diverter at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Walnut Street. Ken Der looks at the updates to the intersection known as a "stubborn problem spot for collisions." https://alamedapost.com/news/council-approves-lincoln-walnut-changes-2025-planning-annual-reports/

#alameda #AllenTai #CityCouncil #DanielleMieler #MarilynEzzyAshcraft #MichelePryor #PublicWorks #ScottWikstrom #SeaLevelRise #TonyDaysog #TracyJensen #UrbanForestPlan #ZeroWasteImplementationPlan

Council Approves Lincoln/Walnut Changes, 2025 Planning Annual Reports - Alameda Post

City Council approved a new diverter at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Walnut Street at their meeting on March 17.

Alameda Post

z_4narchist Mar 15

...one of the most revolting parts of "#thefiles" is knowing that the same people who sit on the boards and committees of groups, foundations, and organization to "save children" "rescue abused #women and #children" and "raise money for (x)"....are also the same faces using those "#institutions" of their making and the seemingly "legitimate" departments of others, like #schools and #publicworks, as baiting grounds for the same rings they publicly claim to to be fighting against!

...why are so many of their "independent" organizations so wealthy yet the problems they claim to fight never shrink? and what accounts for most of their funding?...hush #money, blackmail traps, and backroom closedoor dealing with #international #global "leaders" who are actually just investing in their own involvement and paying for concealment of their own perverted associations, victims, etm...

CBC British Columbia Mar 10

Nanaimo to move ahead with public works upgrades — forcing removal of supportive housing site
The City of Nanaimo will be moving forward with a plan to update its public works yard, after council approved a new budget for the project last week, throwing the future of over 60 residents of a nearby supportive housing development into question.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-public-works-upgrades-supportive-housing-site-9.7116673?cmp=rss