Ms. Adams,

You might ask yourself what happened to the hundreds of millions that have been taken from the North Carolina road funds, funded by our high state gas tax. Our state legislature has been using the money for essentials such as the Teapot Museum, rather than building and repairing roads. The problem you cite is much closer to us than you realize. On a national level, much the same has been happening. Our national gas tax isn't being used for road and bridge repair either.

Are we a nation gone utterly mad? No, we just have been electing the wrong politicians of every stripe.

Thank you oak ridge? We are now digging up $21 million worth of I40 that was screwed up by the state. And the famous tall ship ride that cost the roads a bunch. Of course to agree with the lte,I think we should use all money, in our country. Ms Adams, did you notice the sat scores have dropped again. I noticed that everyone can solve national things, however no one can solve the local issues. Why is that?

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In case some, didn't notice, the headline of this editorial is "We build other nations while our own crumbles"!

So the lesson is, quit buidling that same police station that gets blown up over and over again in Baghdad! You know, the building that was to be paid for by Iraqi oil..??? Seems our right wing friends have forgotten about that greatest accomplishment of President Eisenhower: The Federal Interstate Highway System.

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Our tax dollars need to be focused on mass transit not continuing to build more roads for single cars. More wisely spending our money is part of the answer. Mass transit is the answer, not more roads and bridges.

Devise a mass transit system that will work here at even a break even rate and Im in. The success of your precious downtown will hopefully spur some movement in this regard. Downtown GSO just isnt that big ... yet?

BTW... from where to where would your mass transit run?

Of course, the whole suburban mindset is an entirely differant problem.

Mick, all one need do is check other larger metropolitan areas with mass transit systems, then scale one of similar nature for our area.

Or better, imagine a mass transit system that ran from Raleigh to Charlotte, with the Triad as the center point! What a feat that would be. In the cities it could be a subway. As the system leaves the city it becomes a rail system. Very similar to that in Berlin, Germany.

This LTTE writer puts a good point in the forefront to be viewed. Rather than talking about the waste of gasoline tax monies, it would be better to stop wasting the over tax monies on useless causes!

Shalom

Mick,

I agree. Mass Transit works in highly urban areas where people are packed tightly together and it works pretty darn well.

However, in an area like the Triad where we are 'sprawled' out all over the place, it just isn't nearly as efficient or effective.

Mass transit is just as it says: transit for the masses. I'm sorry, but I'm better than that. I'll stick with my car.

And it's a practical choice, too, since the pie-in-the-sky mass transit systems that some are fond of conjuring out their socialist daydreams won't ever happen.

As an exercise, one of you guys should do a mass transit version of "Imagine."

Imagine there's no autos,
No SUVs too
No smog around us
Above us, only blue.
Imagine all the people
taking the Sub-way-yah-ah . . .

you finish it.

brian444,

Of the folks who push for mass transit, ever wonder how many actually use what already exists? How many have actually ridden a Greensboro bus?

(or are volvo's considered mass transit now?)

I understand the amount took from the gas tax to the general fund this year is $174 million.Liberal if you are waiting for this paper to print NC roads are crumbling while Easley buys votes with gas tax, you will be waiting until Raleigh freeze over.

LC, are you telling us that NC is not part of nation?

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Is it Woody? Is it Jack Russel?

How many nom de Plumes do you have?

Roll your cursor over the names and it

we have the same person posting as

multiple people....Nice touch.

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