Comments on: The concrete bungle: If a half-ton chunk of cement falls from a bridge in St. Paul, does it make a sound at the Capitol? http://minnesotaindependent.com/4332/the-concrete-bungle-if-a-half-ton-chunk-of-cement-falls-from-a-bridge-in-st-paul-does-it-make-a-sound-at-the-capitol News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: capitolcitymuser http://minnesotaindependent.com/4332/the-concrete-bungle-if-a-half-ton-chunk-of-cement-falls-from-a-bridge-in-st-paul-does-it-make-a-sound-at-the-capitol/comment-page-1#comment-5897 capitolcitymuser Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:06:32 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=4332#comment-5897 One of our big problems in public works is that government accounting differs from private sector accounting and things like depreciation and future maintenance do not show up on the balance sheet in the same way.<br><br>Another is that since we tie most roadwork to gasoline tax receipts rather than to how important the supposed public purpose of the project is, so we often build and maintain some things without ever actually asking whether we need them or still need them and we don One of our big problems in public works is that government accounting differs from private sector accounting and things like depreciation and future maintenance do not show up on the balance sheet in the same way.

Another is that since we tie most roadwork to gasoline tax receipts rather than to how important the supposed public purpose of the project is, so we often build and maintain some things without ever actually asking whether we need them or still need them and we don

]]> By: capitolcitymuser http://minnesotaindependent.com/4332/the-concrete-bungle-if-a-half-ton-chunk-of-cement-falls-from-a-bridge-in-st-paul-does-it-make-a-sound-at-the-capitol/comment-page-1#comment-5043 capitolcitymuser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=4332#comment-5043 One of our big problems in public works is that government accounting differs from private sector accounting and things like depreciation and future maintenance do not show up on the balance sheet in the same way. Another is that since we tie most roadwork to gasoline tax receipts rather than to how important the supposed public purpose of the project is, so we often build and maintain some things without ever actually asking whether we need them or still need them and we don One of our big problems in public works is that government accounting differs from private sector accounting and things like depreciation and future maintenance do not show up on the balance sheet in the same way.

Another is that since we tie most roadwork to gasoline tax receipts rather than to how important the supposed public purpose of the project is, so we often build and maintain some things without ever actually asking whether we need them or still need them and we don

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