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Posted by Raven on February 23rd, 2007
Recently it was reported that people in Boston were being fined for not clearing the sidewalks in front of their homes of snow…this is not a “service” that is received by the tax payers of the city.
THIS is what they get instead:
A 13-day investigation by a city watchdog agency found that Boston public works employees in West Roxbury assigned to duties such as filling potholes, sweeping streets, and picking up trash often arrived at work late, left early, and generally performed “very little work, mostly just driving around and parking for periods of time.”
On 13 randomly chosen days in November, December, and January, from eight to 10 workers arrived up to 40 minutes late for their shifts and left up to two hours early, according to a memo to the city from the Boston Finance Commission, which conducted the surveillance.
One worker went to a West Roxbury home during his shifts nearly all of the 13 days, spending between one and three hours at the house before returning to work, says the memo, obtained yesterday by the Globe. A supervisor regularly showed up at work more than an hour late and was once seen performing what appeared to be personal errands during his shift.
