More truth in advertising: The mayor's name.

...I always enjoy it when the mayor tries to sound tough. It's cute.

That said, K has it pretty much covered: Want to drive the roads or get your trash picked up or, hell, participate in an economy that's made possible by the infrastructure paid for by your taxes? Then ... pay your taxes. Failing that, there's nothing keeping anybody from going off-grid. (I'm unaware of a libertarian utopia that abjures entirely from taxes or fees of any sort and yet still provides the environment for desirable living.) There's a few people in the Mennonite church who deliberately structure their lives to avoid earning enough income to pay taxes because they don't want to support America's wars abroad.

This is a sad reality that there are some public servants who are suppose to set a good example yet they are the one committing anomaly which destroy the public trust. Corruption and theft are some of crime often committed by some public leaders . I was quiet dismay to hear some instances like this. We can't expect any progress if those who are deemed to be morally right are the one breaking the ethical conduct. Anyway did you know that the trial has concluded for Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Only a single guilty verdict was brought by the grand jury after two weeks of deliberation. One count of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation was given to Blagojevich. Sentencing will soon follow, and he could face up to five years in prison for giving false statements to government officials. Federal prosecutors have decided to re-try Blagojevich already.