The good folks over at PunditHouse.com posted audio last week covering the debate on HOT Lanes from the previous Sunday’s NCGOP Executive Committee meeting. It’s about 30 minutes long but well worth a listen. At stake was an official resolution by the State Republican Party against HOT Lanes providing more emphasis to the anti-HOT plank already added to the […]
Politics is a numbers game – always has been, always will be. But the numbers behind the politics of widening I-77 are not just the ones you read about in the papers. They aren’t just about spending over $500,000,000 dollars to add lanes to less than 30 miles of road. It’s not just the 20, […]
Something happened quietly at the last meeting of the NC House Transportation Committee which should disturb and anger anyone who believes our government should operate in an open an honest manner. There’s simply no other way to put it. As readers of aShortChronicle know, House Bill 267 was filed in early March with the title – NCGA Prior […]
Back in early March, H267 – NCGA Prior Approval/Interstate Tolling – was submitted and promptly sent to the House Transportation Committee. Upon its submission, those opposing the I77 HOT lanes project were initially encouraged that this may be an effort to find a way off the toll road track by allowing the General Assembly a way save […]
Consultants, consultants, everywhere… Is North Carolina transportation decision making beholden to big consulting? Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert EinsteinBig Government, like Big Business, often uses consultants in large decision making and project delivery efforts. Consultants bring expertise as well as additional manpower to the table. […]
…or something like that. After last Saturday’s resolution at the MeckGOP convention where County Republicans rejected I77 HOT Lanes, circling the wagons was bound to happen. Those wagons appeared in the form of dozens of HOT lanes supporters, consultants, NCDOT officials, and two hand & picked media outlets at a meeting today in Raleigh. For […]
For the past few months as the WidenI77.org citizens group in North Mecklenburg questioned the effort to install HOT Lanes on I-77, the Mecklenburg County Republican Party remained noticeably silent on the subject. To a degree, that silence was understandable considering the push to install these toll lanes is being led by local Republicans in the State […]
The 10 second version of the HOT Lanes sales pitch sounds pretty positive, but a look behind the curtain says the fast talking salesman is prepping his mark for the old bait and switch. Here’s what they tell you, the citizen, the voter, the mark… HOT lanes will reduce congestion. Some users will be able to […]
With the news that the Venzon family of River Run will be moving out of the area, Davidson has big shoes to fill – not just one pair, but two. Losing John Venzon as Chairman of the Mi-Connection Board of Directors and Laurie Venzon on the Davidson Town Board removes the two people who have done more […]
“Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” – Mark Twain. Whether Twain actually said that quote is somewhat in dispute. It has been attributed to several people over the years. What does not appear to be in dispute is the somewhat public dust up between the Lake Norman Citizen and […]
