Good Samaritans
I've heard a couple stories recently about a state government stating over and over again that it will finish some project or other... eventually. People get so tired of waiting that they gather either the money or the resources it do it themselves. Occasionally, the state will prosecute these individuals for this, what should be considered, an act of charity. I think it was in California or Nevada about a road that ...more »
I've heard a couple stories recently about a state government stating over and over again that it will finish some project or other... eventually.
People get so tired of waiting that they gather either the money or the resources it do it themselves. Occasionally, the state will prosecute these individuals for this, what should be considered, an act of charity.
I think it was in California or Nevada about a road that was blocked by a mudslide or some such. The state kept saying, "We'll clean it up. We just need to get the four million dollars it'll cost. It'll get done... in a few years."
Tired of waiting, a number of local businesses who needed the road to stay in business took up a collection and did it themselves, much more quickly and much cheaper than the state could ever do.
Just today, I heard of a park that needed work and cleaning up. Citizens, tired of waiting on the city or state to do it, went in and did themselves. The city is now prosecuting these people for "Interfering with official business" or some such.
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