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Grants Pass, Oregon, in 2012, insisted on artistic bus stops, and applied for a federal grant - and the grant process made them cost more.
The San Francisco Zoo suffers chronic mismanagement with employees hiring their own relatives as contractors.
The New York City Public School system is literally renting some of its schools - and some of those remain vacant.
The US population showed gains, but mainly in mid-sized cities, not in traditional urban cores, as the economy decentralizes.
Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain, Connecticut, is under investigation for using a city credit card for personal expenses.
The Seattle Homelessness Agency is running a forty-five-million-dollar deficit, and no one can explain what the agency does for people.
The city manager of Martinsville, Virginia spent nearly $100,000 on her official credit card without the appropriate approvals.
Pittsburgh has a chronic and severe staffing shortage across all departments, and overtime has become a significant expense.
In New York City, a thermostat repairer working in Corrections (city jails) can earn $325,000 with overtime pay.
New York City is building an outdoor bathroom at a total cost of $3.5 million, and the project is not even off the drawing board.
