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Title: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
Post by: thundley4 on December 16, 2009, 05:09:46 PM

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Spend more. Get less. We’re the city that knows how.
Despite its good intentions, San Francisco is not leading the country in gay marriage. Despite its good intentions, it is not stopping wars. Despite its spending more money per capita on homelessness than any comparable city, its homeless problem is worse than any comparable city's. Despite its spending more money per capita, period, than almost any city in the nation, San Francisco has poorly managed, budget-busting capital projects, overlapping social programs no one is certain are working, and a transportation system where the only thing running ahead of schedule is the size of its deficit.

It's time to face facts: San Francisco is spectacularly mismanaged and arguably the worst-run big city in America. This year's city budget is an astonishing $6.6 billion — more than twice the budget for the entire state of Idaho — for roughly 800,000 residents. Yet despite that stratospheric amount, San Francisco can't point to progress on many of the social issues it spends liberally to tackle — and no one is made to answer when the city comes up short.

The city's ineptitude is no secret. "I have never heard anyone, even among liberals, say, 'If only [our city] could be run like San Francisco,'" says urbanologist Joel Kotkin. "Even other liberal places wouldn't put up with the degree of dysfunction they have in San Francisco. In Houston, the exact opposite of San Francisco, I assume you'd get shot."

SFWeekly (http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-12-16/news/the-worst-run-big-city-in-the-u-s/)

Yet they'll keep on electing the same party over and over until the city becomes Detroit West.

Title: Re: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
Post by: bkg on December 16, 2009, 05:14:11 PM

Didn't Arnold just say we should follow CA's lead?

Title: Re: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
Post by: bijou on December 16, 2009, 05:15:06 PM

Wow, Detroit couldn't even come first in this competition.

Title: Re: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
Post by: Hawkgirl on December 16, 2009, 11:23:07 PM

San Fran Nan is also the big influence in the countrywide scheme...I loathe this congress and everything it stands for.

Title: Re: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
Post by: SilverOrchid on December 16, 2009, 11:30:52 PM

Quote from: bkg on December 16, 2009, 05:14:11 PM

Didn't Arnold just say we should follow CA's lead?

Whatever y'all do, do not listen to Arnold. Belive me.  :(

Title: Re: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
Post by: NHSparky on December 17, 2009, 09:38:59 AM

Quote from: bijou on December 16, 2009, 05:15:06 PM

Wow, Detroit couldn't even come first in this competition.

That's just because all the shit gets stolen before it can be wasted.