tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post113872966644417700..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1142539996548616362006-03-16T15:13:00.000-05:002006-03-16T15:13:00.000-05:00Major Moves is a very bad idea and sadly it passed.<BR/><BR/>Any survey of drivers will easily show that toll stops are hated almost as much as road construction. So our governor wants to raise tolls 75-100% in 4 years and then at least 2% more every year thereafter for 71 more years. <BR/><BR/>Why not make government smaller and more efficient and eliminate the tolls altogether? <BR/><BR/>Daniels is big government at its worst. He is arrogant, non-transparent, and sold out to those who elected him. <BR/><BR/>Can we thrown out this idiot and his big brother Bush?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1138757907245979972006-01-31T20:38:00.000-05:002006-01-31T20:38:00.000-05:00The numbers do not lie and they are saying...PLEASE lease the tollroad. I disagree with spending all of the proceeds of the deal in the first three years and instead would argue for allocating that money over the next 75 years. <BR/><BR/>You can read my analysis <A HREF="http://inpolitico.blogspot.com/2006/01/crunching-numbers.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>The opinion of this lefty girl is that Democrats are doing themselves a disservice by poo-pooing this plan. If any political party wants to be trusted, they must establish themselves as people who like good ideas, even if those ideas are not their own. They must prove that they care about people, not partisanship.Jezebellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661230146061626405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1138756350032573022006-01-31T20:12:00.000-05:002006-01-31T20:12:00.000-05:00Doug,<BR/><BR/>I believe the Democrats don't want the Major Moves plan implemented before this year's election. There really is no rocket science behind his program. There are many legitimate questions that can be asked and answered and should be. It just appears to me the Democrats don't want to hear the truth, because any unbiased analysis shows a net benefit to the taxpayers. Instead of using the process to get those answers, they have immediately gone on the offensive to attempt to misinform and scare the public. That isn't being constructive, it is being destructive. This idea has been floated since Daniels took office--so it is not exactly a new idea. And if it is such a bad idea, why did Mayor Daley, a member of their own party, opt for this choice for the Chicago Skyway?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1138752354896916192006-01-31T19:05:00.000-05:002006-01-31T19:05:00.000-05:00I enjoyed Mitch's comment on Baron Hill's inability to ever have a "real job."Obobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266115849315166815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1138730393218680952006-01-31T12:59:00.000-05:002006-01-31T12:59:00.000-05:00The problem with "giving the Republicans their chance" is the time frame involved. If giving them a chance didn't involve being locked into their experiment for the next 75 years, I'd be more inclined to agree. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, the time and resources available to the legislature to study the proposal are inadequate. This may well be a good idea. But a short session is not the time for the legislature to perform its due diligence on this momentous proposal.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16655747495179504729noreply@blogger.com