My Genius City

...has been flinging tons of tax dollars down our high school rat-hole lately. Until today I thought the most visible waste of money was the new addition they tore down in order to build a newer new addition in the exact same spot where the old new addition was. But now I see that they've hydroseeded all around the grounds. Forget the expense for a moment, and the fact that all the hydroseeded lawns will inevitably turn to weeds, which has been the case there forever. If you're going to blow a pile of cash on hydroseeding, wouldn't it make sense to do it just after the kids get OUT of school in June rather than just before they come BACK in September? The seeding is all around the parking lots and at the front of the school, and there's no way they're going to keep kids from stomping through it. But, hey, it's only more wasted tax dollars and mounting public debt. I suppose, if a few seeds do somehow germinate, watching the hydroseed grass grow will give America's future (and likely current) unemployment statistics something to do while they ponder their futures on the bread line.

My idiot city has also decided that we now need a "hiking trail" every three feet. We had those when I was a kid, but back then we called them "sidewalks." We now have miles and miles of both sidewalks AND hiking trails here in Stupidville, and almost no one waddles along either. They're too busy hiking up to the counter at McDonald's. But, hey, only tax dollars, right? Spend, spend, spend.