How much does volunteer work cost? About $150,000 a year
Over at Houblog, Ubu Roi has begun doing serious public service work by attempting to translate City Council agendas. There really ought to be a dictionary to help decipher some agenda items. Plain English, anyone?
Item number 59 is especially helpful to understanding the mindset of government folks:
59. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and HOUSTON CLEAN CITY COMMISSION, INC d/b/a KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL for Volunteer Cleanup Services of City Neighborhood Lots for the Houston Police Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years - $450,000.00 - General Fund TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISEMAN, HOLM and JOHNSON This was Item 22 on Agenda of June 14, 2006
Ubu's translation:
Well, I guess it counts as a volunteer effort if we’re paying some do-gooder organization with a swank Greenway Plaza address, instead of the people doing the actual clean up.
Ha! Yeah, volunteer work doesn't come cheap, you know!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 06/19/06 07:28 AM | Houston Politics | Print | Comments (11)
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