A different philosophy in municipal spending  The "Cos Cobber"
model  The “Cos Cobber” model  Our Irish correspondent who so
far as we know has never set foot in Cos Cob nonetheless found
this article and sends it along: Bozrah (it’s a town in
Connecticut, apparently)  buys surplus truck from state for $900
and converts it to snowplow. Total cost, $28,000 vs. $150,000
new.  The town owns and maintains four large dump trucks for
plowing and hauling. The vehicles require commercial licenses to
drive, and cost in the range of $150,000 to $160,000 to buy new,
Ballinger said.  “The town has never bought one of these things
new, nor do we have any plans to do so in the future,” he said.
Besides being cost prohibitive, their use is limited mostly to
winter plowing and some material hauling in the summer.  “Even
if we could afford to buy new ones, that would not make sense
economically,” he said.  Last fall, the town bought a used truck
from the state that was in very good mechanical condition for
$900. But it neede