Our tax dollars (not) at work

While out running some errands this afternoon, I stumbled upon two Public Works employees hiding in the back of the Spring Glen public lot, reading the paper in a town truck. It was about 2:45 in the afternoon, so I highly doubt they were on their lunch break (which means they were actually burning hours we’re paying them to work), but, giving them the benefit of the doubt, they were still wasting our money: the truck was idling the whole time.

It was a pretty pleasant, if overcast day today, and, realizing that, the guys had lowered the windows. So why was the truck on? Well, they obviously either (a) don’t know any better and have not been told to turn the trucks off — which I highly doubt as I have spoken with Public Works Director Bruce Driska on several occasions about not idling the trucks as it wastes fuel and increases maintenance costs — or (b) they just don’t care. Either way, it’s pathetic.