For years, the city has been looking for a way to offload the property after the state stripped away the power of City Council and the mayor to appoint 17 magisterial judges and made those posts elected offices.

Since then, city leaders have argued that because they have so little to do with the operation of any municipal courts, the county — which has far greater involvement — should handle the day-to-day upkeep of the property.

Go home Douglas Adams you are drunk

  • trojanbark@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    It’s a good example of “catabolic collapse,” in which rising maintenance costs in a society contribute to decline and eventual collapse.

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      Maybe if it was a hospital or school, but isnt this just minor consequences of an administrative shuffle?