Dunbaratu t1_jbyb1ah wrote
Reply to comment by Flimsy-Lie-1471 in In Truth or Consequences, N.M., leaking pipes cause millions of gallons of water to go down the drain amid drought by Thetimmybaby
You sort of answered it yourself with this phrase:
"about 8 years".
Is there an elected position with a term that long? Probably not. Mayor, Alderman, etc - they all have shorter terms.
That means you are asking elected officials to invest in infrastructure that doesn't pay off until they're out of office and their successor gets to take the credit for it. A lot of political damage comes from the wrong politician being blamed/credited for things where the cause and effect occur more than 1 term apart on the timeline.
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