Ok so maybe not a conspiracy, but something isn't right.
So on the bus today (this was all but an hour ago) it was way too crowded and a bit uncomfortable, so I decided to get off a few stops early and just walk to school. Upon doing this I passed the main Louisville library. Now about a month or so ago we had this "flood" if you live in Louisville you know about it, if you don't, well, it rained a lot, then the rain didn't go away, you know, the normal flood situation. Well the Library was one of the buildings affected.
One month or more later, the Library is still not fixed and up to 100%, yet everything else in Louisville is ok, even the buildings surrounding the Library, it's like nothing ever happened. Although this confused me a bit, I never really thought twice about it. Until today of course.
I was walking a long 4th street to school and saw a lot of construction workers standing around outside, one of them asked me for a smoke, I told him I didn't have any, then I asked what exactly they are doing to the Library. The guy looked and me and said honestly he doesn't know, the were assigned to cut out a bunch of metal from the building. Then he told me they started around 6 this morning and soon realized there was nothing wrong with the metal, the building is structurally fine, and that this whole operation is not even needed.
I was a bit amazed by this, but didn't think too much into it, until I was about a block away. We are in a recession, at least that is what the news is telling me, why use money we don't have to do something we don't need?
So, I'm at school now and decided to google this stuff. Turns out local governments (like our Louisville Metro) get grants from a higher office when doing reconstruction to buildings of importance, like our libraries, hospitals, police stations, and things of the sort. So to me, this sounds like just a way to get money.
The funny thing is, this is right around the time when we'll lose our beloved "mayor for life" because he is running as lieutenant governor in 2010.
Is it just me, or does this seem like some kind of scheme to raise money for his campaign coming up?
Maybe I'm looking to deep into this, but regardless something isn't right, when the library is probably the only building from the flood still having constant construction to it, when it wasn't even in a highly flooded area to begin with. Granted books may have gotten wet, and the carpet may need replacement, but no other building that I know of, or can find on handy dandy google, even had that bad of structural damage. Something just seems off here.
I need to go to class.
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It's tough to say what exactly the reason is, but a similar thought occurred to me the other day. I work in Beavercreek which is a nice little town with good roads. They're often improving these roads, and some of it I've questioned was truly necessary. Last week, I saw them painting the traffic light poles white. I had to stop and wonder how much money was left over that they found it worth the time and cost to paint street poles white. They were black before, and I can't imagine the importance behind the color.
ReplyDeletePolitics corrupt. By nature, humans are greedy and seek power. Much of the first term for any president is wasted on preparation for the next election. It's unfortunate, but I doubt human nature will change anytime soon.