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Vegas mayor has attitude worth emulating

Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010 by J. Robert Gough       Email This Story E-mail This Story

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Congratulations to Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goldman for having the stones to say no.

From kntv.com: Mayor Oscar Goodman has refused an invitation to meet with President Obama when he arrives in town on Thursday. Mayor Goodman called President Obama a slow learner after he told Americans not to blow money on a weekend in Las Vegas if they were saving to put their kids through college.

How refreshing this is compared to seeing politicans and their ilk plead for pork at the feet of those from the beltway who occasionally grace us with their presence.

Speaking of manna from Washington, our elected and non-elected representatives asked for $50 million for a port and the people from Metro East asked for $6 million for a port? Gee, who was Washington gonna cut that check to first?

The local collective currently has its hand out for the Port Authority, Lock and Dam rebuilding, levee rebuilding, hydroelectric funding, a train/bus/taxi/shuttle station and four more lanes to I-172 built through a floodplain.

I'm betting we don't get a $200,000,000,000 check to cover all of that. Perhaps there should be a focus on the most important/realistic item and making it happen.

But we wouldn't look so busy then, would we?

 

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daffyduck
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Reply #6 on : Sun February 21, 2010, 18:08:02
maybe reises will figure it out !!!! duyuuugh
daffyduck
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Reply #5 on : Sun February 21, 2010, 15:35:14
who in the F is taking care of our snow removal the streets are terrible right now ?geez bring beebe back this is bad ( public safety )?????
Woodville
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Our Shovel-Ready Mayor Has Too Many Shovels Ready
Reply #4 on : Fri February 19, 2010, 10:16:45
Widening IL 57 to four lanes from the Gardner Expressway to I-72 would be the biggest boondoggle since the bridge to nowhere. I can just visualize the clover leafs on the Marblehead by-pass. These is hardly enough traffic to justify resurfacing IL 57 when needed, let alone expand the road to four lanes.
WarCry
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Reply #3 on : Thu February 18, 2010, 23:37:36
nemoindy, the 172 comment is about the Mayor looking at expanding the Gardner Expressway to 4 lanes all the way south to 172.

I don't think they're looking at a 16-lane mega-highway 172 for the 15 cars that go back and forth... ;)
nemoindy
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172
Reply #2 on : Thu February 18, 2010, 21:09:10
Say what? We want more lanes for 172? You gotta be kidding. What for, and where? Seriously? And this port authority has been talked about in good times and bad. Just rename it the Quincy Port Authority and get on with it. "Tri-State Port Authority?" Other than a used-car dealer in Missouri, are there a lot of Missouri or Iowa citizens marking their calendars to attend a groundbreaking ceremony? It ain't happening.
keithm
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Reply #1 on : Thu February 18, 2010, 17:24:13
Someone tell Oscar Goodman to look up the dictionary definition of a metaphor.
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