He speaks with moral authority, and his scoldings are always well reasoned. But Sullivan's unrelenting attacks, at times, seem to defy reason simply because they never stop. He never takes a hiatus. Sullivan remains, ever vigilant. The St. Louis County official who dreams of taking a leak on Sullivan's front lawn thinks the MSD critic is a paranoid conspiracy theorist and a lonely man, someone with nothing better to do than harass public officials.
Cost overruns are routine, the official says.
Sewer improvements cost lots of money. Sullivan's accusations may occasionally be accurate, he admits, but there's nothing sinister about MSD's operations. The guy should get a life. I get accused of everything. Gene McNary said once that I was just trying to drum up clients for my business.