tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post78933806268260804..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Comments on Advance Indiana™: As Indiana Toll Road Operator Fails, Indiana Media Ignores The Obvious About Illiana ExpresswayGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-50403153531591240462014-09-26T20:28:10.214-05:002014-09-26T20:28:10.214-05:00http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-taxpayers-fleece...http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-taxpayers-fleeced-well-heeled-investors--for-once-154833010.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18772169809733998132014-09-21T05:48:35.949-05:002014-09-21T05:48:35.949-05:00This “public private partnership”- ‘P3’ if you wan...This “public private partnership”- ‘P3’ if you want to attempt to sound hip and with it- reminds me of two things: Yogi Berra’s "It's like déjà vu all over again" and “conversion of taxpayers’ money”.<br /><br />Slick politicians learned long ago to give bad deals sweet sounding names [think “Affordable Care Act”] but the end result is usually the same… financially rewarding deals for crony insiders and the politicians supported by them and usually always bad deals for the everyday taxpayers paying the bills who have never had a seat at the planning table, meaningless staged “public hearings” for “input” notwithstanding.<br /><br />Thank you for bringing YET ANOTHER political scam to the light of day. And where are Matt Tully and Erika Smith- the self-alleged most ethical and smartest “journalists” in the room- when it comes to real news like this?<br /><br />Boggles that mind that this latest construction bonanza is more criticized in Illinois, a state where political graft is endemic to just about everything that occurs. So we have the coming hog trough of mass transit coming down the pike AND yet another freeway for single vehicle conveyance.<br /><br />Ain’t Indiana Grand?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com