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Metro has spent $3.8 million and 5 years building 2 bike racks. They're still unfinished.
wjla.com ^ | February 12, 2020 | Sam Sweeney

Posted on 02/15/2020 10:38:50 PM PST by grundle

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To: grundle

The government moves at the speed of smell with really expensive Kleenex.

Here in Washington State we have had a highway project in construction since 1990, I-405, and still not near completed. The initial cost was estimated at around $70M. Just the cost of the Bellevue to Lynnwood part by adding a toll lane has ballooned to $292 million by itself and is not near finished. People will come into the company that is contracted to do it and will retire, comfortably, before it is finished.

rwood


61 posted on 02/16/2020 5:42:29 AM PST by Redwood71
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To: grundle

Another example of a Virginia city existing as a corrupt political sh!thole.


62 posted on 02/16/2020 5:56:33 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: grundle
This is outright fraud. It’s when I read about things like this I think about Rules for Radicals.....they’re collapsing the system while stealing as much as they can.
63 posted on 02/16/2020 6:00:06 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: silverleaf

Good point!


64 posted on 02/16/2020 6:05:27 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: minnesota_bound

“Why would you need a covered bike rack?
People are riding their bikes outdoors.....

Makes for a nice lightening conductor.


65 posted on 02/16/2020 6:14:22 AM PST by DAC21 ( and Naflet)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

“China just built an entire huge HOSPITAL on 10 days.

I’d rather take my chances with the WuFlu at home than to walk into that building”

Yep, just proper cement foundation cure time is many days. This hospice facility is literally and figuratively a death trap.


66 posted on 02/16/2020 6:22:38 AM PST by DAC21 ( and Naflet)
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To: grundle

Why is it covered? Why does it look like a cage? Why is it rusting already? Why does it have bicycle art on it?

It looks like a an architect who barely graduated landed a budget.


67 posted on 02/16/2020 6:26:07 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Jim Noble

China can essentially go under martial law by pronouncement by the CCP
In fact looks like almost 750 million citizens already going under military and internal security controls by virtue of quarantines enforced by the power of the State

Admittedly, we lack this mechanism of efficiency
But faced with disasters we have done not a bad job, despite trying to honor the Constitution, separation of powers, a whack judicial system, and multiple layers of bureaucrats at federal agency, local and state levels

This however, will be unprecedented


68 posted on 02/16/2020 6:32:25 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: grundle

And liberals are quick to point out waste in the Pentagon.


69 posted on 02/16/2020 6:33:26 AM PST by IronJack
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To: Spktyr

Built with help by a US contractor


70 posted on 02/16/2020 6:33:59 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Post of the day

Week maybe


71 posted on 02/16/2020 6:34:33 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: Leep

A diverse group or groups, no doubt


72 posted on 02/16/2020 6:38:27 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: grundle

Obviously the work of an affirmative action contractor and/or a close relative of a local politician.


73 posted on 02/16/2020 6:43:00 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (It's no coincidence that the DemocRAT/media complex always sides with America's enemies.)
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To: grundle

Metro (WMATA) is run by politicians and political appointees, usually politicians who lost an election and need a job.

They certainly don’t know how to run a railroad.


74 posted on 02/16/2020 6:53:02 AM PST by oldbill
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To: grundle

Maybe they should ask President Trump for some assistance - he’s good at putting up quality buildings in a hurry. His crews would have had these things done in no time and under budget.


75 posted on 02/16/2020 6:59:33 AM PST by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: 9YearLurker
Corrupt and incompetent.

Without the latter, the former wouldn't survive.
The corrupt thrive in the realm of the incompetent.

76 posted on 02/16/2020 7:05:16 AM PST by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
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To: grundle

Per Wiki...

Presidential Elections Results[37]
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2016 17.1% 1,324 75.0% 5,819 7.9% 614
2012 29.5% 2,147 68.9% 5,015 1.6% 114
2008 29.2% 1,970 69.6% 4,695 1.3% 85
2004 34.0% 2,074 64.7% 3,944 1.3% 80
2000 38.1% 2,131 55.6% 3,109 6.3% 353


77 posted on 02/16/2020 7:40:31 AM PST by moovova
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To: Secret Agent Man

Built in TEN days. Doesn’t matter what it is it was built in TEN days. You can’t really mean to make excuses for so many failed governments such as in this country can you?

A bike rack under construction for most of a decade? TEN YEARS? You can defend that against anything? Really? Why? Ours has become a failed system that is indefensible.


78 posted on 02/16/2020 8:23:35 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: cba123

Did China bowdown to Environmental Wackos? I mean, did they remove the Endangered Chinese Red bellied Teal colored Beak Eagle from the area. I doubt it..


79 posted on 02/16/2020 8:36:05 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: TigersEye

Re #11, Very true...and where will elites go for their healthcare? We might have expensive healthcare costs, but really why do Canadians come to the US for operations - because it will be taken care of without being on a list.


80 posted on 02/16/2020 8:57:31 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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