I shared this post today with an OWASA director in Chapel Hill at an emergency job involving a busted water main, big machinery, no place to park, and a mature pine that had to be climbed and dismantled. All were humble and practical problem solvers, and this was a non-extraordinary Wednesday for them.
We need to have batting averages for government. Sometimes they do stuff well! Sometimes they don’t! Some kind of data-driven point system rather than the flawed complaint-driven feedback mechanism would help us to see what is working and not. If broken down by department it would be even better.
A Yelp review for public agencies wouldn’t hurt (I have long thought we needed one for planning consultancies, who are the real source of suburban codification).
I shared this post today with an OWASA director in Chapel Hill at an emergency job involving a busted water main, big machinery, no place to park, and a mature pine that had to be climbed and dismantled. All were humble and practical problem solvers, and this was a non-extraordinary Wednesday for them.
We need to have batting averages for government. Sometimes they do stuff well! Sometimes they don’t! Some kind of data-driven point system rather than the flawed complaint-driven feedback mechanism would help us to see what is working and not. If broken down by department it would be even better.
A Yelp review for public agencies wouldn’t hurt (I have long thought we needed one for planning consultancies, who are the real source of suburban codification).
That was Water Management, not Public Works.