| Many years ago I worked on a committee in the | | | | Mason, we have not been able to keep your |
| 38 billion dollar red state of California. We | | | | vision of which there can be no excuse. .What |
| worked with the TMAs - Transportation | | | | is so funny is that the turnpikes have raised |
| Management Associations and tried to figure | | | | their fees by a little more than their |
| out ways to get people to car pool, which did | | | | standard amount this year. Why? They say the |
| not work all that well, but it worked a | | | | states need money and they need money to fix |
| little which was good. Back in 1975 the air | | | | the roads? First of all the states need money |
| in CA was pretty bad, and would probably look | | | | because the small businesses are strapped for |
| like it does today in Mexico City had it not | | | | time to complete the days work to make enough |
| been for the volunteer efforts of many | | | | money to pay taxes because of the grid lock |
| companies and the hard work of many solution | | | | caused by inconvenient on ramps, lack of on |
| providers. I cannot say I or anyone else in | | | | ramps, city street congestion caused by those |
| any of these committees made any major | | | | who cannot afford to keep paying the toll, |
| significant level of contribution. But I can | | | | thus the small businesses make no money for |
| say together everyone and every company did a | | | | which there is no income tax to be paid and |
| little and that did a lot; especially in | | | | they cannot hire additional labor so less |
| regions with temperature inversions and boxed | | | | people have jobs. But the DOT in CT for |
| in by mountain terrain.If you look at the DC | | | | instance has built a beautiful "Screw You and |
| Salad Bowl (mixing bowl) "how about pollution | | | | Me" glass building with our money? What is |
| bowl cluster muck?" you see a great | | | | going on here? And the roads are bumpy than |
| opportunity for free parking, nothing moves | | | | ever and people at Comedy Central do nothing |
| everyone is stuck; construction abounds to | | | | but makes jokes about it as if what really |
| add more lanes to the mess? Hmmm? Is this | | | | goes on during rush hour traffic is not |
| really a sign of all the brilliant minds | | | | enough of a joke.Lance Winslow - Online Think |
| running our country? Ouch, sorry George | | | | Tank forum board. |