Friday, December 17, 2010

Crowd goes wild as the "right" wing descends on the ORBP.

At the Hoosierpundit blog, annoyance at bridge tolls and the ORBP as a whole.

Why is it important? After all, it's what we've been saying for months, isn't it?

Except that this scathing critique comes to you from far across the aisle, on another side of the political spectrum, one that seldom sees the likes of me. It took a while, but no matter. Welcome to a fight that has only just begin, Scott ... and I expect you'll be hearing from the GOP soon.

But wait ... you are the GOP. Hmm. How are they going to spin that?

Bridges Authority Approves Tolls, Tells Southern Indiana Businesses & Commuters to Drop Dead

... But momentum to "just build the bridge" was not slowed by the addition of ever-more poison pills to the project. The thing had a life of its own. Then the unelected bridge authority, sort of a modern-day Robert Moses in committee form, decided that the bridges couldn't be built without tolls regardless of the broader negative impact on the community the bridges were supposedly being built to serve.

4 comments:

Iamhoosier said...

"But wait ... you are the GOP. Hmm. How are they going to spin that?"

Maybe they will call him a righty quack.

Karen B said...

It's always boggled my mind how any self-proclaimed fiscal conservative could support this bloated mess. It's good to see some of those folks actually come out against it now.


/same Karen as I ever was. Just with added extra "B" goodness to differentiate me from all the other Karens in this area.

Iamhoosier said...

Yes, we wouldn't want anyone to jump to the wrong conclusion without having the proper information. Do not pass "go" but do pay a toll.

Karen B said...

One would think making ASSumptions without all the facts would be an ill advised egg-on-face type of venture.

/Much like not bothering to look at the impact of tolling on local businesses before recommending them
//Or recommending tolling before you've even completed traffic studies to see how toll booths on existing paid-for bridges would affect traffic
///from 1950-1980 there were over 41,000 babies given the name Karen