Wow. Just wow.  The city of Cedar Rapids just lost another notch of respect from me today after learning they are actually considering to use $540,000 from city’s solid-waste-and-recycling operation to purchase some plastic “CartGuards”.  The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that local inventor Kim Brokaw has not been able to sell his invention to the private sector because “his product would increase the cost of the cart too much and so put them at a disadvantage in the marketplace”.

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