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Pennsylvania bridge collapse can be Josh Shapiro’s presidential moment — but he has to earn it
The Hill ^ | 06/16/2023 | GENE MARKS

Posted on 06/16/2023 7:11:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

For the past two years, my wife and I have spent a few winter weeks on Florida’s Sanibel Island, an amazing place — except for last year. Last year, Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the island, destroying the Sanibel Causeway, a critical bridge that connects the island’s residents and businesses to the mainland. It was truly a disaster.

But Florida’s governor (and now presidential candidate) Ron DeSantis stepped up. Realizing the importance of this road to the local economy, he marshalled both federal and state resources and oversaw a temporary reconstruction of the bridge that had it back up in operation in an astonishing 15 days.

This isn’t the first time a governor has embodied the qualities of leadership. In 1994, California Gov. Pete Wilson oversaw reconstruction of the I-10 highway after a portion was destroyed by the Northridge earthquake in a mere 84 days. This was after he was told that it could take as much as 26 months. The same happened just five years before in California to then-Gov. George Deukmejian, when the Bay Bridge collapsed as a result of an earthquake in San Francisco. That bridge was back up in operation in only a month.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bridge; paping; pennsylvania; presidential; shapiro
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Put your knee pads away Gene...
1 posted on 06/16/2023 7:11:35 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s Biden Country, it will get top-priority.


2 posted on 06/16/2023 7:12:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ll just put this out there; Shapiro could build a bridge over a crater on the moon and I wouldn’t vote for him.


3 posted on 06/16/2023 7:18:15 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too late.


4 posted on 06/16/2023 7:20:51 AM PDT by dangus ( )
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To: dfwgator

It’s Philadelphia. Incompetence, graft, kickbacks, and corruption will get top priority. Fixing the bridge is secondary.


5 posted on 06/16/2023 7:24:14 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Soros on assisting the Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Shapiro is steaming dog-crap, no matter what he does.


6 posted on 06/16/2023 7:25:10 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: lightman

Ping!


7 posted on 06/16/2023 7:25:33 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why is there so much symbolism given to repairing a bridge?

Why is this somehow supposed to be a crowning achievement of a political career?


8 posted on 06/16/2023 7:32:38 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t think Josh has it in him to actually work at something.


9 posted on 06/16/2023 7:46:47 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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Why is there so much symbolism given to repairing a bridge?

Why is this somehow supposed to be a crowning achievement of a political career?>>> Because he got where his is by not doing anything. If he keeps that up as gov he will not go anywhere. Here’s hoping.


10 posted on 06/16/2023 7:48:03 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe he can have some commendation letters copied and delivered from NY


11 posted on 06/16/2023 7:49:43 AM PDT by struggle
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

Filling the collapse area with glass aggregate for a quick fix while beginning long term reconstruction is incredible "outside the box" thinking for anyone...but especially for Democrats.

12 posted on 06/16/2023 7:54:55 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trintarian. Deal with it!)
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If that IS his moment to springboard him to the Presidency, then I know for sure it was a “designed play”.


13 posted on 06/16/2023 7:59:14 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“In 1994, California Gov. Pete Wilson oversaw reconstruction of the I-10 highway after a portion was destroyed by the Northridge earthquake in a mere 84 days. This was after he was told that it could take as much as 26 months.”

I remember that there was a very substantial financial incentive for the contractor to finish early. That financial incentive increased as the completion time decreased from years to months. There was a huge bonus for completion in under 90 days.

As I recall some Californians instead of being grateful about how quick the bridge was restored bitched about the size of the bonus.


14 posted on 06/16/2023 8:08:47 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Pure propaganda and exactly what Shapiro wants the Democratic stenographers to write about.

There’s a PAC running an ad for Shapiro. It first makes the point that Shapiro beat Mastriano - badly. Then it goes on to anti-pollution initiatives (good political move in my estimation as opposed to climate nonsense) and then a soft socialism message is dropped. The latter is conveyed as “investing in jobs”. It really is forcibly confiscating your earnings and picking winners while creating losers. You have no choice how you hard earned money is invested. That’s left to people who never worked a real job in their lives and don’t know a thing about running a business.

15 posted on 06/16/2023 8:28:08 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The most important functions of any government are to protect the borders, deter crime, and build and maintain infrastructure. Any politician who can do those well will get my vote regardless of their positions on any other ‘cultural’ issues, any politician who doesn’t prioritize those is a worthless POS no matter how much I might like their positions on social and cultural issues.

Borders, roads, and bridges are the foundation of a civilization, stuff like ‘rights’ and ‘freedom’ are built upon those foundations.


16 posted on 06/16/2023 8:38:37 AM PDT by Republican in occupied CA (Get out the vote!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Josh could not bild a berger to save his life.


17 posted on 06/16/2023 9:01:03 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her lbegs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Someone needs to parody this with Biden doing an online build a bear taking 3 years and 127 billion dollars but he got free shipping.


18 posted on 06/16/2023 9:17:57 AM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored !)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The article states that Shapiro is a “moderate democrat”. That is about as rare as the sasquatch and he is certainly no such thing. He was in on the 2020 steal and never bothered nor wanted to investigate.


19 posted on 06/16/2023 9:52:31 AM PDT by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

in a similar situation here in ca, a contractor rebuilt the portion of the bridge in record time, with bonus if I recall correctly.


20 posted on 06/16/2023 10:17:31 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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