Here’s a story to get your blood pumping. If you hated bridges to nowhere, you’ll really hate walks to nowhere. Apparently, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, recently spent $12,000 on treadmill work stations, raising the ire of Republican Colorado State House Rep. JoAnn Windholz…and, likely, Coloradans everywhere.
From Windholz’s comments to the Denver Post:
“…I wonder if you asked the taxpayers, if they would approve. If employees are concerned about their health, they can go to a club or a community center.”
The department justified its actions by saying that the department was under budget on a grant for efficiencies (clearly not financial):
“Williams said the five work stations will be in a communal setting and shared by 500 employees, rather than assigned to individual workers. The equipment will be paid for out of a grant the department received for coming up with efficiencies. With the $12,000 or so left in the account, the workers wanted to buy the work stations, he said.”
Has anyone ever worked in a place with treadmill workstations? Likely not. If the department was under budget, it should have returned the money to taxpayers instead of buying extravagant work stations. Windholz is justifiably irritated.
You are sputtering over $12 THOUSAND. Really?