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This is a weird one, simply because you figure facilities in a national park aren’t exactly going to be posh, but if it’s newsworthy to report the horror of the current state of the potties, it’s kind of frightening to think what you might find when you open that door…
New Mexico’s oldest and most-used national forest restrooms will soon get a potty break thanks to $2.8 million in the federal pipeline.
The money from the federal economic-stimulus package is set to be spent on repairing and replacing aging toilets in three of the state’s national forests including the Cibola National Forest where Jim Hughes is a park host.
“Because we got some places that need it real bad,” Jim Hughes, a park host in the Cibola, told KRQE News 13. When Mother Nature calls he’s seen people do desperate things in desperate times, he added.
“People will literally break in to use the toilets,” Hughes said. “Then they’ll use whatever they have instead of paper, and some things don’t flush well.”
Some people are calling this “potty pork” — a waste of funds, but if nature calls, I wouldn’t want to open the door to a filthy, broken hellhole.
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This would piss Sean Hannity off…literally.1. Sometimes on Hannity’s Faux News program, he has a little countdown list of where the stimulus money is being wasted. Half of it is probably false.
2. Speaking of conservatives and toilets…where’s the negative Republican reaction when Jim Naugle wasted a quarter of a million dollars (of the tax money from the people of Fort Lauderdale) for an “gay-proof” public toilet?
Solution for women!P-Mates!
technically speaking …A National Forest is part of the Forest Service, which is a different agency than the National Pork, er, Park Service (and a different deparment, USFS is Agriculture, Park Service is Interior). And you’re right, this expenditure is necessary.
Also, technically, Sean Hannity is part of the arachnid family.
if you don’t wanttoilet paper and feces floating around the forest, voluntary trails created to “private” pee spots behind trees, and surface water contamination, you need to provide functional facilities. i suppose hannity might not care if his home crapper broke and the missus just pissed in the corner, but i like my sewage treated and the countryside to remain untrammeled by desperate people.
indeedAnd the national parks and national forests are cheaper amenities than resort areas, families (of all types) will find these more affordable. Decent potty facilities is the least they can do. And more environmentally friendly than leaving the campers to their own devices.
People will literally break in to use the toiletsNo choice! need to break it.. so its nice to hear that they have a budget on renovation…great post.thanks!
Steve Carpenter