Let me make a bet with taxpayer money and if it goes wrong, we will seize the man’s house and the equipment in the bar. If it goes well, I can parade around calling myself an economic growth genius and apply for a job in a bigger City. It’s literally heads I win, tails you lose.
Elk Grove considers itself a caviar and Dom Perignon champagne type of community.
But if the city sincerely wants to make bicycling safer on its main roads, especially Elk Grove and Laguna Boulevards, there is a pretty easy solution.
A government watchdog suggested this idea, which means it has no chance of being endorsed by the mayor.
Of course, the only thing worse than giving a bad gift might be giving no gift at all.