"Oh for goodness sake," she responded. "Do you mind if we build it first?
Oh yeah, let’s trust Amtrak. They have done such a good job of running that agency.
Was the Fast Ferry they are referring to that Rochester-Toronto route across Lake Ontario that went belly-up in about one year?
GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!
Her answer is the STUPIDEST POSSIBLE ANSWER- MAKE THIS GO VIRAL!!!!!!
There is never any cost/benefit analysis in government!!!! In fact - they do not even consider it, as shown by her answer!!! The concept is so foreign they ridicule it.
We could go on about the fast ferry all day. 200 mil down the crapper. This 151 mil for roadway improvements is for an 11 mile stretch between Batavia and Bergen, both west of Rochester. Both towns have more cows than people. And if my geography is correct, NYC is the other way. Another boondoggle that no one wants. The Buffalo airport is only an hour drive from Rochester.
Build it and they will come.
Proud of Evan Dawson for asking such questions - give him a raise. New role model for the MSM?
As to Slaughter and her comments... speaks volumes about what is wrong with Washington. Careless and arrogant squandering of your tax dollars in the same breath of considering tax increases and new penalties such as VAT!
Minimally, whoever is running against that Louise should run that video 24x7. It should resonate well here in Rochester.
The Erie Canal was called “(DeWitt) Clinton’s Folly.”