Seattle's Super Toilets Finally Sold

(Seattle, Washington) In 2004, the city fathers of Seattle signed a $6.6 million contract for five high-tech toilet systems for the homeless in city parks.

The deal was for 10 years with the city paying $360 per day per toilet for upkeep by the maintenance company, Northwest Cascade.

Well, things didn't work out as planned. The toilet scheme proved to be a magnificently terrible idea and, four years into the project, it was scrapped and the toilets were put up for sale. An initial offering specifying an $89,000 minimum bid resulted in no bids.

However, perseverance produces results and the city can now announce that $6.6 million in taxpayer funds have resulted in a total return of about $10,000. Yes, the city will get about two grand for each of the high-tech, fancy-schmancy homeless toilets.

Once again, a liberal idea turns into a massive embarrassment and the taxpayer gets it right in the wallet. Blame yourselves, Seattle residents, you voted the liberal brain trusts into office.

And don't beguile yourselves into thinking that the toilet fiasco will be the last time you, the taxpayer, gets it in the shorts. Whether it's the homeless, the planet, the air, the water, the spotted owl, paper or plastic bags, the immigrants, oil, gas, mercury, the salmon, the grizzly or the children, the liberal politicians will pluck your heartstrings until your wallet is empty and you've lost all freedoms.