City Satisfaction Survey

On the City Council agenda for Tuesday, January 26, is an item to approve a citizen survey. The stated justifications for such a survey is given as follows;

Across service areas: Where are we doing well? How can we improve? 

Across years: Are we doing better compared to the past? What are our trends? 

Across geographic areas: How are we doing compared to others?

The real reason for conducting such surveys is to provide justification for increasing the budget and scope of government!

Here are sample questions;

It is clear that each one of these questions that are answered positively will require a larger budget.

There are no questions addressing the transparency of the city government. No questions addressing budget growth.  No questions addressing debt growth. No questions addressing the intrusiveness of government into our personal lives. And finally, no questions addressing interactions with the city council.

So remember, these surveys are smoke screens for increasing the scope and budget of the city.