tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3252240847679407549..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60753838435016682022013-04-15T17:49:38.405-05:002013-04-15T17:49:38.405-05:00Wow. That reminds me of the meme we always hear from the people negotiating trade deals with other countries on behalf of our government. The costs were deliberately run up on the Kentucky side for an unneeded deep tunnel and spaghetti bowl. Indiana paid for those unnecessary costs. Daniels could have insisted on a different configuration. He was only interested in big payoffs for the contractors, investment firms and lawyers set to do all the work associated with the construction and bond work. That&#39;s entirely what drove his decisions. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-46195555822486766852013-04-15T12:39:15.602-05:002013-04-15T12:39:15.602-05:00Your perspective on this is naive.<br /><br />Let me explain it simply.<br /><br />This is a bridge that Indiana needs, and Kentucky does not. If we attempt to make Kentucky pay half or more, guess what will happen? The same thing that has been happening for the last 20 years.<br /><br />Nothing.<br /><br />If we want a bridge, we&#39;re going to have to pay to build it. Kentucky has us over a barrel here. And they know it. And Daniels knew it too.<br /><br />Daniels did many things wrong while in office. This wasn&#39;t one of them.<br /><br />Move on to something that matters.Chris of Rightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484667725236164410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54315574381347719802013-04-13T21:58:37.779-05:002013-04-13T21:58:37.779-05:00Bridge over the river why?Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-73569198034734696592013-04-13T21:05:57.130-05:002013-04-13T21:05:57.130-05:00The East Side of Louisville is thriving and vibrant. The East Side of the Indiana metro area is dead. Indiana needs this bridge far more than Kentucky does.<br /><br />I heard the bridge costs would have been split more equitably between the states and that it could have been untolled, but Daniels wanted Indiana to pay the greater percentage of it so he could be solely in control of selling it off and collecting its revenues.<br /><br />It&#39;s a shame the bridge will have a toll. Some Hoosiers might pay it to go to work in Louisville, but it won&#39;t do a thing to pique Louisvillans&#39; curiosity about the Indiana side. People who know Louisville will still cross the river free of charge.<br /><br />What a disaster.Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341628086158209539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9400885183537186002013-04-13T15:22:32.287-05:002013-04-13T15:22:32.287-05:00Did transportation experts Tully and Smith at The Star not catch this??? <br /><br /><br />Leucadia, and who knows else what Mitch has left us with. Floggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383015097067413086noreply@blogger.com