" ... So more people can move out of the Cities, taking their tax support with them? ... I don't want more and more people moving out ..."
Jeebus! This is the same argument the commies used to build a wall to keep people from leaving Utopia! LOL.
Years ago when the flight to the suburbs was just gaining steam, some loon wrote in a letter to the editor that he was so outraged at this trend that he suggested he might perch himself on a freeway overpass and shoot at the traitors as they left. LOL
I've lived in St. Paul all my life but have never had an office here. Too expensive. Right now my office is in Burnsville. I suppose the good people of Burnsville have a right to demand that I move there, since I drink their rancid water, "use" their sewers, and destroy their streets with my evil SUV.
I think the republicans supporting the Northstar line is hilarious irony. The collectivists have been demanding more government investment in mass transit, so dammit, Tim Pawlenty and the boys are going to call their bluff and give it to them. If it means more middleclass families can more easily escape the high cost (financially, culturally and otherwise) of living in the bureaucratic enclave we call the cities, so be it.
Coming Soon to Phoenix,
Dennis Tester Mac-Groveland
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: [StPaul] Re: Stpaul Digest, Vol 14, Transit
I have a hard time seeing the benefits in the Northstar line. Like other transportation projects, its highest recommendation seems to be that it's there. So we should forge ahead in order to get Federal money.... but why? So more people can move out of the Cities, taking their tax support with them? I'm not interested in supporting a megalopolis. I want efficient transit within the Cities. I don't want more and more people moving out, failing to support schools and public services, pouring back in every day to wear down our roads, use our water and sewer system, and demand services for which they don't pay. Call me a Blue State Curmudgeon.
Gail O'Hare St. Paul
T H E G O O D :
- NORTHSTAR MAY FINALLY BE FUNDED. The Republican-controlled Minnesota
House, spurred by electoral losses that seemed to be related to
underfunding public transit, approved funding for the Northstar
Commuter Rail Line. Northstar serves Minneapolis, but it paves the way
for other projects (see below). The House had not approved the
Northstar funding before, yet still only approved $10 million of the
required $37.5 million needed to leverage $132 million in federal funds
for the train line. It is thought that the full amount will be secured
in conferencce committee, with the Governor and Senate supporting the
full amount
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