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There isn't a 'light rail' anywhere in the U.S. that 'works just fine'. Everyone of them operates in a deficit every year. Seattle won't be any different.
What collapsed tunnel? I have no idea what you are talking about or how it pertains to this thread.
Can you for once read the OP and the link????
"Officials say it will be nearly a year before the damaged tunnel-boring machine stuck under downtown Seattle can start digging again. The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a new schedule provided by Seattle Tunnel Partners indicating digging is expected to resume on the SR-99 Seattle tunnel project by the end of March 2015.
The new timeline from STP outlines all the steps they are undertaking to get Bertha back on track, including the excavation to reach the machine and the time they anticipate it will take to complete repairs."
"Officials say it will be nearly a year before the damaged tunnel-boring machine stuck under downtown Seattle can start digging again. The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a new schedule provided by Seattle Tunnel Partners indicating digging is expected to resume on the SR-99 Seattle tunnel project by the end of March 2015.
The new timeline from STP outlines all the steps they are undertaking to get Bertha back on track, including the excavation to reach the machine and the time they anticipate it will take to complete repairs."
You said collapsed tunnel, and this topic isn't about a collapsed tunnel, thus I asked what tunnel you were referring to.
This tunnel will be for a highway, not a high speed rail line. If you read the OP link, you might have known that.
There isn't a 'light rail' anywhere in the U.S. that 'works just fine'. Everyone of them operates in a deficit every year. Seattle won't be any different.
How many public roads in the US 'work just fine'? They almost all operate at a deficit each year and are in such a state of disrepair that many of them have been judged unsafe to drive on (especially those elevated roads sometimes called bridges :-P )
I suspect that the devil is in the details here. If you look at a state like CA or IL, they are traditionally economically successful, have turned deep blue in recent decades, and now face terrible deficit problems. They might still be wealthier than a typical red state, but are headed in the wrong direction.
LOL
The article's premise is that "Mississippi is not a Red state"? That "Louisana is not a Red state"?
Give me a break.
Yes, if you look back 30+ years you DO see there were Democratic governors/senators/reps in the mix - and most of those were at the BEGINNING of that period when Democrats were the Conservatives of the South. Heck in Loiusiana, governor Buddy Romer served the first half of his term as a Democrat then changed parties and was a Republican when he ended his term. Mississippi had a single-term Governor ONCE since 1992. That doesn't make it somehow PURPLE.
Regarding California, their current budget calls for a SURPLUS, so, apparently California's budget problems have been resolved, so, no, they are NOT "headed in the wrong direction".
You said collapsed tunnel, and this topic isn't about a collapsed tunnel, thus I asked what tunnel you were referring to.
This tunnel will be for a highway, not a high speed rail line. If you read the OP link, you might have known that.
So the tunnel isn't even there now in your eyes and big mamma is fine right? Normal reaction when liberals see their dreams go down in flames. Don't worry liberal others will pay for it.
Regarding California, their current budget calls for a SURPLUS, so, apparently California's budget problems have been resolved, so, no, they are NOT "headed in the wrong direction".
Ken
Funny how that gets fixed with a tweak of the old spreadsheet. Computers are wonderful things. LOL
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