tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3307322456474452800..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-32520791205824887842010-12-08T22:55:35.820-05:002010-12-08T22:55:35.820-05:00You make a good point, Citizen Kane. They&#39;ve repaved most of the streets downtown already, but I&#39;ve noticed a lot of that paving work is substandard. I don&#39;t know who is signing off on that work, but it looks to me like someone should be demanding some of that paving work be redone.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-87450389765979899302010-12-08T22:29:57.365-05:002010-12-08T22:29:57.365-05:00Since Tully and others want to focus on infrastructure, they might want to note the difference between properly constructed infrastructure and road overlay versus the work bought and paid for by taxpayers and now ratepayers via DPW. Spending money on street overlay just temporarily masks the problem if the road base is not repaired where needed. <br /><br />Instead of focusing on the problem areas where the road base is failing, DPW repaves the entire street - literally paving over the problems that quickly reappear in little more than a year. As for sidewalks, take a ride down MLK or any other street with newly rebuilt sidewalks. Just don&#39;t walk down them or you&#39;ll run into the telephone poles located smack dab in the middle.<br /><br />There is no reason to believe that more money won&#39;t be wasted on nonfunctional sidewalks and short-lasting pavement overlays and unnecessary bike lane striping (we are not Denmark).<br /><br />But since Tully has doesn&#39;t actually analyze anything, he doesn&#39;t know that and will never venture to find out. There are dozens of city workers who could explain a lot of things - off the record - about how dysfunctional this city is because of certain employees in key positions who are only interested in self-preservation, not providing efficient city services.Citizen Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083803017411939029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44713883878836211802010-12-08T14:01:42.820-05:002010-12-08T14:01:42.820-05:00Gary, the column he publishes on Friday wouldn&#39;t correct the flawed analysis he uses in this pro-Ballard analysis. It&#39;s just bad political analysis.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41023913098317187812010-12-08T09:31:37.243-05:002010-12-08T09:31:37.243-05:00It&#39;s not even political analysis that would pass a college poli sci class. Okay, I gave him a D-. I didn&#39;t want him retaking my class.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.com