Motivation for Infiltration

My decision to attend this week's town council meeting was not a reaction to Ed Achorn's latest Projo column, but it could have been:

LOCAL OFFICIALS in Rhode Island talk a good game about financial woes, but they act as if they have money to burn. And they will keep on doing it — as long as taxpayers, through their silence and apathy, tell them: "Go ahead. Feel free to toss my money on the fire."