Robbinsville leaders wanted a new wastewater treatment plant. They claimed a bigger, better plant would do what all bad decisions do these days – create jobs. An emergency meeting was called, and the federal government, through the USDA, offered a $1.1 million grant to “help.” No comment was expected about any kind of realistic economic projection of how the increase in the local tax base caused by this Field of Dreams would offset the increase in the (Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.) national debt.
by Leslee Kulba
Wild West blogger