Newbie I'll give part of the blame to the feds... However the Providence chief refuses to computerize the verification system. The Mayor could easily have ordered him to use it but he won't. Just like the Governor has done with the state police.
The governor here in Illinois ordered the bus system in chicago to give free rides to seniors
The mayor said - lotsa money - who is paying for it
the governor said it will work itself out
bus system losing thousands daily
Mayor says -- well ask the gov... he said it will work itself out
Governor blames the mayor
its easy to blame the mayor - until he needs to say - need to raise the taxes to pay for this computer software system --which will require lots of man hours, need to enter all that data for the last --20 or so years - i would guess-- and of course all the software and support
my guess you would vote against it...