I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN ON THE SANDOVAL CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD ON THE NEW HIGHWAY SINCE IT STARTED. HE FEELS AS IF A NEW ROAD IS NEEDED FOR OUR LITTLE VILLAGE AND OTHERS LIKE US TO GROW AND PROSPER. HE THINKS IT IS NEEDED FOR PROGRESS. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS AND SOME WHAT AGREE WITH HIM ON THE CONCEPT OF PROGRESS AND THE NEED FOR IT ECONOMICALLY. WHEN THIS STARTED YEARS AGO IT WAS A FANTASTIC IDEA!! BUT, TIMES HAVE NOW CHANGED ECONOMICALLY NOT ONLY FOR THE STATE BUT FOR THE COUNTRY, AND BOTH FOR THE WORSE!! WE DO NEED A ROAD LIKE THIS WHEN WE CAN PAY FOR IT AND CAN PUT IT WHERE IT BENEFITS THE LITTLE TOWNS INSTEAD OF TAKING AWAY FROM THEM. WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY WE ARE DOING THIS, THE ONLY ANSWER I GOT WAS TO MAKE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC FASTER. AND SMOOTHER BY NOT HAVING TO SLOW DOWN OR HIT ANY STOP SIGNS IN THE SMALL TOWNS WHERE ONLY TWO LANES GO THROUGH. THAT IS NOT A JUSTIFIABLE REASON IN MY OPINION! THE BEST REPLY TO THAT STUPID REASON WAS TO SAY THAT MOST WHO WANT TO TRAVEL LIKE THAT WILL USE THE INTERSTATE WHICH IS JUST 8 MILES EAST OF HERE! PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL ARE AWARE OF THIS. THEY KNOW IF THEY TRAVEL THE HIGHWAYS (SCENIC ROUTES) THEY WILL BE ON 2 LANE ROADS GOING THROUGH SMALLER TOWNS! THEY WILL HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND EVEN OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT, THEY WILL TRAVEL THE INTERSTATES. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE WHOLE INTENTION OF THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM TO BEGIN WITH! THEY NEED TO USE THAT MONEY TO FIX THE ROADS WE HAVE (LIKE i57 THAT HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN A FEW MONTHS AGO BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITION CAUSED BY DETERIORATION AND STATE CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX), OR FUND OUR SCHOOLS PROPERLY, OR BY KEEPING PROFIT MAKING BUSINESSES LIKE MURRAY CENTER OPEN OR BY PUTTING BACK WHAT THEY TOOK OUT OF THE PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY OR BY LOWERING THE NEW SUPPOSED TEMPORARY TAX THAT THE PUT ON US WITH THE PROMISE OF TAKING IT AWAY IN 2015 AND NOW ARE SAYING THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT AWAY OR CLEANING UP THE SMELTER PROPERTY THAT IS TOXIC AND CLAIM THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO CLEAN UP OR ANY NUMBER OF CASE AFTER CASE OF THE ABUSIVE USE OF MONEY FOR UNNECESSARY THINGS LIKE ROADS THAT ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING NEEDED!! OR HOW ABOUT PAYING THEIR DAMN BILLS THAT THEY DO NOT PAY!! OR HOW ABOUT UTILIZING THE NEW RT 51 THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1987. WHEN THEY PUT THAT ROAD IN THEY BOUGHT UP AND TORE UP ALL OF THAT FARM LAND WITH THE PROMISE OF EVENTUALLY PUTTING IN AN NEW 4 LANE WITH A MEDIAN IN THE FUTURE. NOW THEY WANT TO DISREGARD THAT ROAD AND MAKE IT YET ANOTHER OLD RT 51. JUST LOOK AT THE WASTE OF MONEY THEY HAVE SPENT ON THE NEW RT 50 THEY PUT IN AT CARLYLE, ALL OF THOSE BRIDGES THAT WERE BUILT AND I BET WERE NOT CHEAP, ARE SETTING THERE ROTTING BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH!! IT IS DISGUSTING THE WAY THIS STATE WASTES MONEY!! NO WONDER WE ARE RANKED AS ONE OF THE MOST POORLY RUN STATES WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL RUIN, IN THE COUNTRY!! GIVE ME A BREAK!! AND WHERE THE HELL IS ALL OF THE LOTTERY MONEY????????????????/ I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CURSE WORDS, BUT THIS SUBJECT BRINGS OUT MANY EMOTIONS IN ME! THESE ARE JUST MY PERSONAL OPINIONS AND QUESTIONS AND THAT IS ABOUT THE GIST OF IT!! I ALSO APOLOGIZE FOR THE BAD GRAMMAR AND IMPROPERLY WRITTEN SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS!! MY MIND AND MY FINGERS CAN NOT KEEP UP WITH EACH OTHER!!
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:08:14 +0000
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