Swiss officials unveil $300k public toilets

Officials in Geneva, Switzerland are spending $13 million for 35 new public toilets:

Each sparkling new facility is designed by a different architect at a cost of $313,000 — about the same as a 1-bedroom, city center apartment. Three of the toilets have already been installed. "Inside they are functional and equipped to a high sanitary standard," the city council said on its Web site. "On the outside, each public toilet is different and adapted to its surroundings." Patrons will be charged 50 centimes (US$0.42; euro0.32) for each visit to a self-cleaning toilet, which is accompanied by music.

Wow. And I thought Bill White knew how to fritter away the taxpayers' money!