Sit back, relax, and I'll tell you the story of the trial of The Public Services Sustainability Act.

There are three ways to peruse: (1) all posts, all the way through, (2) just the trial, or (3) just the asides.

A caveat or two.

I'm following the order of the witnesses as they showed up. In order to fit everybody's schedule in, they bounced around a little. 

For the most part, I have paraphrased what people said. I'm not a stenographer, I don't have the transcripts, and I wouldn't want to work through them anyway. So, this isn't exact. I'm just giving you the gist. 

And, finally, there was only ever one smart-ass in the room, and that was me. So, in case I don't make it clear in the many heres and theres where they are bound to appear, if you see a smart-ass comment, you can be sure it is mine.