You really think a new Mayor will fix the police department or the general attitude to Public Service? This will simply be a quick and painful reorganization regarding who will now be allowed to feed themselves from the river of money generated by the city bureaucracy. Medvyed is simply going to reward his loyal team with the "Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs" -- Moscow. After 20 years here I have little hope that any real changes will happen, even the simplest and most basic city management issues seem to go unchanged year after year. The quality of life for many has improved dramatically, as evidenced by the ambulance arriving in 10 min for example (and probably well outfitted as well). But the basic idea that working in "Public Service" is to perform "Public Service" is an attitude only probably shared by teachers, doctors, (and not even all of them). For the others it is simply an route to wealth. Lets see if he appoints someone who can take the simple steps to make life better here for the majority of the residents.. I will not be holding my breath however.. In a message dated 9/29/2010 7:59:59 A.M. Russian Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
About time, good for the Medvyed. Maybe now, we will have one police dept. in Moscow, not multiple half-criminalized "groupings". Recently conducted a social experiment, a man was lying face down and not moving on the steps of an underpass in front of New Arbat Metro station. Called him an ambulance. Then, asked a cop nearby to do something. Cop, sorry I am Metro police, he is not in the Metro. "But, he is unconscious and could be in danger..." Dead stare. Well, you can understand him, he had to milk all of the kiosks and the occasional Central Asian passing through, where was he supposed to find the time. Same with the DPS officer. Well... can't blame him. Guy's got to make a living, and the unconscious guy wouldn't have helped in that. An actual policeman, you ask? Well they don't really hang about. Ambulance did not arrive in 10 minutes. This, about 300 meters away from the Kremlin. What if it was you or me or someone we know/love or maybe don't even like all that much who passed out on a Moscow street or had an accident on a Moscow road, how many policemen in Luzhkov's Moscow would simply walk/drive past? Enough bad, stale Luzhkov. Enough was too much.
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