tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post1810720361477796158..comments2023-07-04T06:58:32.627-04:00Comments on View on the News: A rear-entry governmental insertionMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13612323587459830074noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-28040973109985764332009-03-06T08:58:00.000-05:002009-03-06T08:58:00.000-05:00Anon... I would LOVE to be a WR reader and fan... ...Anon... I would LOVE to be a WR reader and fan... <BR/><BR/>But that website needs some help... This is in no way a dig at the alternative paper in Wash-pa... I'm a content guy. The more content I can get ahold of, the better. <BR/><BR/>There is always room for Jell-o... and there is always room for another newspaper (yes, even now)...Ellipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-77749262259385707992009-03-05T17:06:00.000-05:002009-03-05T17:06:00.000-05:00Now that is funny.. I might not agree with your po...Now that is funny.. I might not agree with your politics, but you can be funny. <BR/>WR loverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-56619636017594341052009-03-05T12:00:00.000-05:002009-03-05T12:00:00.000-05:00There's a first time for everything, Anon... Agree...There's a first time for everything, Anon... <BR/><BR/>Agreeing with me is like smoking crack... sometimes, one time enough to have you hooked for life!Ellipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-44272736679648635242009-03-05T11:58:00.000-05:002009-03-05T11:58:00.000-05:00where the bailout for the O-R?where the bailout for the O-R?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-51913360391487978102009-03-05T01:03:00.000-05:002009-03-05T01:03:00.000-05:00Ellipses for once I agree with you. But you have ...Ellipses for once I agree with you. But you have to understand that helping any small business will not do for the politicians. There must be a Jack Piatt hand out involved when he promises them the world without delivering anything. In the process the existing businesses can be threatened with having their property taken for Piatt to use taxpayer money to develop new ones.<BR/>This does not count getting your spouse a job with Piatt developing the properties as a sweetener. The key for these people is always who gets greased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-38272225870802026312009-03-04T14:54:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:54:00.000-05:00What is the justification for improving the parkin...What is the justification for improving the parking garage? It seems pretty apparent that we have a surplus of parking garages in the city... and the park-and-ride off of Beau St. seems pretty full most of the time... oh, but that's in south strabane, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>If you guys/gals (Brant's audience, basically) could have a pet project for Washington paid for by stimulus cash, what would it be? <BR/><BR/>Mine would be a fulfillment of the promise to "Revitalize" downtown. It would consist of a few cogs... First, review last years' receipts of the parking meters, match that total with a direct payment to the city, and eliminate the meters. Next, set up a business development fund to provide start-up money to businesses that open in the "town" section of Washington. This could be in the form of low-interest loans, grants, or tax exemptions for the first year of operation. Finally, money would be made available for additional police officers and building/road improvement.<BR/><BR/>This way, you get rid of everyone's favorite excuse for lack of foot traffic in town... you encourage businesses to locate so that the throngs of free-parkers have places to go... and then you protect the shoppers from being murdered or busting their front-end alignments.Ellipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-90441698424269441712009-03-04T09:36:00.000-05:002009-03-04T09:36:00.000-05:00No one should be the slightest bit surprised by th...No one should be the slightest bit surprised by this perfect example. And remember, this is only one example of a gigantic waste of money in one small community. Multiply this by thousands and thousands of other communites across the county, all of whom are convinced their need is greater than all others, and we should begin to realize what a disaster this "stimulus" plan is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-16884368610236573002009-03-04T09:09:00.000-05:002009-03-04T09:09:00.000-05:00Pretty much the only thing we can guarantee is tha...Pretty much the only thing we can guarantee is that this stimulus money will be misspent in the same way as the Iraq reconstruction money. It doesn't matter which political party is directing a massive spending program. Graft, corruption, shortsightedness, palm-greasing and blatant mismanagement are assured. We definitely need to spend some money, a lot of money, to improve the infrastructure across the country, but some of this spending is just ridiculous.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472711158045753698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-40763278914684877482009-03-03T20:59:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:59:00.000-05:00Why should anybody surprised? The stimulus money ...Why should anybody surprised? The stimulus money has only one string attached -- spend it! There is nothing to be said for competitive bidding, nothing to be said for efficiency, nothing to be said for using the money effectively. The only stipulation is SPEND IT, even if it is spent on make-work projects.<BR/><BR/>This is what the libs wanted. Put money in the public domain, without any control, or without any regard for effectiveness. This project only serves to highlight the pattern that will quickly emerge -- " we don't care how it is spent, just spend it so we can say that we have done something to help the economy."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if those who complained about the no-bid contracts in Iraq will be front and center with the same complaints for the stimulus money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com