tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post4023791939154338393..comments2023-10-17T07:36:16.777-04:00Comments on NA Confidential: Shane Gibson: "Tolls are not good for the majority of citizens or businesses in Floyd County and New Albany."The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-20277807064800468812010-08-17T13:35:50.095-04:002010-08-17T13:35:50.095-04:00I'd settle for innovative 19th-century mass tr...I'd settle for innovative 19th-century mass transit solutions, from back when those construction "leaders" used to build transit lines themselves because they well understood the development benefits.<br /><br />But why do that, when under a sham of conservatism and at the expense of less choice for everyone else, the government will subsidize your personal desires?Jeff Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644227936579446535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-12967160966375573512010-08-17T10:25:46.909-04:002010-08-17T10:25:46.909-04:00Look deeply citizens into the pork barrel abyss fo...Look deeply citizens into the pork barrel abyss for the creation of a semi=autonomous "tolling authority". There is so much political patronage to throw around in a giant transportation boondoggle like the 3 bridges project it can make career politicians of soo many unemployed civil servants. In that sense it does address the long-term employment prospects of politicians and their friends.<br /><br />It's good for construction trades...wait, is road building and it's political "management" the only thing our region can do at this point in history?<br /><br />Said staring daily at all the rail lines and street car lines snaking through our oil patch.G Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685211002248241357noreply@blogger.com