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Originally Posted by Oerets
The bridge issue is a sore one for louiavillians, been talk of building another one for over twenty years. At one time a new bridge was slotted to be built and was paid for through grants.
Well the people who wanted it "not in my back yard" fought and delayed it so now the latest is to fund with tolls. At one time tolls were to be on all of the bridges, old and new. The latest is to have two new bridges built with tolls. There is a push to have a German company finance it and get the tolls.
Once tolls were thought up the project seems to gathered speed. Makes some wounder what would be found if you'd follow the money.
Barney
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Foreigners-----have to fund
the building of a single bridge in order to get it done? Because, I am assuming, your local wing-nuts don't want it built? That says it all.
We have the same situation finally being taken care of here, with the local highschool. Twenty years ago, a levy was passed to expand the school--------they parked trailers on the lawn. (Still there, BTW.) Since then, the push was on for another levy, but it was fought on the premise that, "We're not going to get ripped off again!". Then an article appeared in the paper a year ago stating that money had become available---from the Federal Government.
The expansion is finally underway.
One act of possible corruption took place, twenty years ago, and the money has to come from outside the local area and state to get anything done.....
Virginia is a red state, BTW. That's right, Republicans have
STOLEN your money to build a school in someone elses state! Oh. the HORROR of it.
Dave