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New TriMet bridge gets Native American name [Commie name! No private cars or trucks allowed!!]
Northwest Cable News ^
| April 16, 2014
| Cornelius Swart
Posted on 04/17/2014 4:44:08 PM PDT by matt1234
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Buses are allowed per the TV broadcast on Northwest Cable News. So, there is a surface for vehicle traffic.
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:44:08 PM PDT
by
matt1234
To: matt1234
I don’t hear a lot of cheering from those the politicians refer to as the “common people.” LOL!
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:47:54 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: matt1234
Bridge of the People.....ahahahaha
I guess “The People’s Bridge” would have been too in yout face?
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:51:50 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: matt1234
to carry transit, pedestrians, bikes but no private cars or trucksAnd where did the $134 million come from? Gas Taxes? Whose paying cost and upkeep, private car and trucks...?
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:56:10 PM PDT
by
Son House
(The TEA Party is the (unpaid) Tax Payer Protection Agency.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Almost all American Indian names for themselves mean “The People” when translated into English.
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:56:23 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: matt1234
Believe me, this name is better than some others proposed - mainly one Kirk Reeves, a popular street musician who took his own life last year. From the article:
He was overwhelmingly the most popular choice, with around 5 percent of public vote. A Facebook page in support of the choice also has nearly 1,500 likes.
Proponents of the name suggested a Kirk Reeves bridge would bring attention to, and perhaps eradicate, Portlands suicide problem.
Chet Orloff, a local historian and chair of TriMets Bridge Naming Committee, said the selection determination was "not a popularity contest."
According to Orloff, most of the submissions received did not fit the guidelines set by the committee. Criteria included the names historical significance, special cultural meaning and sound/ring/flow.
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:57:33 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
To: Inyo-Mono
convenient for this bunch Id guess.
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posted on
04/17/2014 4:57:52 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: matt1234
How special—a bridge of the ‘little people’, so every time you ride or walk across it you can be reminded you’re one of the ‘little people’, who of course, as Leona Helmesley pointed out are the ones who pay taxes. For bridges like this.
To: matt1234
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posted on
04/17/2014 5:03:04 PM PDT
by
justrepublican
(Screaming like a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial...........)
To: MeshugeMikey
Portland (also called Portlandia for its crazy liberal free-wheeling sexual ways) has a large sodomite population. The Oregonian newspaper says the original spelling of the selection was “Tilicum” which would have been embraced by that group. After some consideration, the selection committee decided on a less sexual connotation and changed the spelling to “Tilikum.” It all depends on the pronunciation!
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posted on
04/17/2014 5:04:35 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
To: 9YearLurker
Hope it doesn’t reprise the one that blew down.
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posted on
04/17/2014 5:10:38 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Son House
Folks in an outlying county (Clackamas) who have to pay for the light-rail transit that will use the bridge went to court to stop it and for good measure recalled the commissioners who voted to approve the project. Though the commissioners were booted, the courts refused to stop the project which will be completed next year.
In a similar move, the transit district wanted to extend the service across a new bridge over the Columbia River to Vancouver, Washington. The light-rail service was to be shared on the bridge with I-5 highway traffic. The residents on the WA side of the river also revolted and so far the sharing scheme has been stopped.
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posted on
04/17/2014 5:24:30 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
To: CedarDave
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posted on
04/17/2014 5:26:05 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: matt1234; MeshugeMikey
You might enjoy this article from a European writer about Portland, it's completely leftist viewpoint on everything and the counterpoint about crime out of control on the light-rail system. There are few FR comments, but the follow the link to the original article to read it all.
Postcard From Zinnlandia
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posted on
04/17/2014 6:27:48 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
To: Son House
thinking the same thing.. So, when there’s no money to repair the roads vehicles use, will the gasoline tax be increased?
To: matt1234; MeshugeMikey
One more thing, go to the link below to see the bridge time-lapse construction from webcams on both sides of the river. I'm a junkie for this type of progress documentation and check it every couple of days.
http://trimet.org/pm/construction/bridgecams.htm#
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posted on
04/17/2014 6:32:01 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
To: CedarDave
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posted on
04/17/2014 6:33:44 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: matt1234
Portland the port-a-potty
To: matt1234
(Sigh). It’s such a basically northwest thing to do: spend 124 million dollars on a bridge that doesn’t serve people.
Oh, sure... Maybe a couple dozen people will walk over the bridge every day. It has light rail, so that’s about double the number of walkers. Yippee.
They’ve replaced one bus, or a dozen canoes with a 124 million dollar bridge.
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posted on
04/17/2014 7:02:57 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: matt1234
Tilikum?
as in “’til ‘e come”?
/s
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posted on
04/18/2014 1:58:41 AM PDT
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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