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I advice HN readers to go, and to participate. Besides actually cleaning the streets, it brings very big spotlight to the problem. And in some rare cases, if
by baybal2 5y ago
I advice HN readers to go, and to participate.
Besides actually cleaning the streets, it brings very big spotlight to the problem.
And in some rare cases, if activity like this may go viral, some people in charge of public sanitation might remember of the shame enough to do their work.
- kjksf 5y agoWhen the city and the state stops taking 50%+ of my money, I'll start cleaning the streets (or, more likely, will pay for someone to clean them). San Francisco 2020 budget is ~$13 billion (https://londonbreed.medium.com/san-franciscos-budget-how-it-works-and-what-you-need-to-know-cf45df1f8ec https://londonbreed.medium.com/san-franciscos-budget-how-it-...) This is the money that is supposed to pay for cleaning the streets and many more things. For comparison, Austin budget is $4.5 billion (https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/austin-city-council-approves-budget/269-aeef289d-3821-439c-8205-70c686177bf6 https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/austin-city-counc...) What you see is unbelievable corruption and incompetence of city government, not the lack of money for cleaning the streets.
- nbardy 5y agoThere are bureaucrats making 6 figures sitting around and doing nothing for 40 years now. I don’t think shame is going to get them into action. Shame would be what they feel looking around their city. They must be used to it at this point.