September 13, 2001

The "Waste Busters" should say what happened to the thousand or more suggestions it received since its kickoff. The pride of the government websites has finally posted just nine "samples of the more popular topics."

The brains behind the Waste Busters posted one "sample submission" to eliminate school boards because "Such a step will help to eliminate the Socialist control of BC's School System." Aren't you happy that tax dollars are being used to post such nonsense on a government website.

Up until a week ago the Waste Buster website was promising to post a page showing "What we are hearing and how ministries are responding." Under that heading nothing but a promise for future content appeared. Now that page has been replaced with "Submissions: Popular topics" and a list of nine submissions and the responses. Patronizing is probably the most accurate description for most of the responses, but when one reads the submissions little more could be expected.

One of the nine sample submissions involves duplication of payment notices and the possibility of some minor savings. Nothing is wrong with any savings, but it will be interesting to see how any savings compares to the cost of operating the high tech suggestion box.