So you guys think the problem is big government? Pull your head out of your ass because the reality is that Translink is the result of big government (provincial) relinquishing control and creating essentially a small government institution to be the transit authority. So guess what? Your little government institution has no direct representation of its electorate and thus you have NO SAY. So much for the supporters of small government. It doesn't work, they have become their own taxation authority with the ability to levy taxes from you directly without your say. You need comprehensive and unified control of taxation where the electorate have direct say of who governs, and that would be at the provincial/state level.
On a more relevant note, I used to hold a contract with Translink. I'd walk into their offices every day and watch those ass fuckers lounge around all day "working" on projects I knew had no end with the employees being accountable to nobody but themselves. Furthermore, they hated contractors like me because even when I worked at half my pace, I was far more efficient than they were at getting things done. Their whole mentality is to create work for themselves and protect jobs, hire underskilled people as employees so that senior people would not be threatened, and waste vast amounts of money on administrative infrastructure so that employees can "move up". This is why Translink has no control over their spending - no one has ever done an audit of their projects. Furthermore, they create projects without end and subscribe funds to them from a general pool. When they put a vote on increased taxes, they don't tie it to a project with a specific deadline and results. When (and if) the project does end, they continue to tax the same amount. What a bunch of fucking assholes. They need to destroy Translink and start from the beginning, or better yet, put the transit authority and taxation back into the hands of the provincial government.
On a more relevant note, I used to hold a contract with Translink. I'd walk into their offices every day and watch those ass fuckers lounge around all day "working" on projects I knew had no end with the employees being accountable to nobody but themselves. Furthermore, they hated contractors like me because even when I worked at half my pace, I was far more efficient than they were at getting things done. Their whole mentality is to create work for themselves and protect jobs, hire underskilled people as employees so that senior people would not be threatened, and waste vast amounts of money on administrative infrastructure so that employees can "move up". This is why Translink has no control over their spending - no one has ever done an audit of their projects. Furthermore, they create projects without end and subscribe funds to them from a general pool. When they put a vote on increased taxes, they don't tie it to a project with a specific deadline and results. When (and if) the project does end, they continue to tax the same amount. What a bunch of fucking assholes. They need to destroy Translink and start from the beginning, or better yet, put the transit authority and taxation back into the hands of the provincial government.
