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...campaigns, and no “I Stand with Route 84” bumper stickers. Despite the staggering number of people served by any individual road or bridge (except the proposed Bridge to Nowhere of course), there are few citizens who take up the cause of its maintenance and repair...
...ASCE estimates that it would take $1.6 trillion over a span of five years in order to bring the nation’s infrastructure into a state of good repair. Looking at merely one subcategory of these projects—transportation infrastructure—the Department of Transportation estimates that in order to simply maintain current highway and bridge conditions, it will cost $78.7 billion per year. Unfortunately, in reporting on the current state of US infrastructure, the ASCE gave it a ‘D,’ thereby indicating that simply maintaining it will not be sufficient...
...after it had become evident that the Administration lied about its motives to go to war. Bill Clinton almost lost his presidency because of an affair! It makes me sick to think that Bush will stay in office until Jan. 20. Remove him now, and let Obama start to repair the damage that has been inflicted on the U.S. and the rest of the world. Those eight years under Bush have not only been wasted, they have reversed the geopolitical evolution of the human race. Alexander Schneider, BRIXLEGG, AUSTRIA...
...storms. Increased migration puts an added burden on the capital's limited and overtaxed resources. Indeed, there was very little in terms of first responders when La Promesse collapse. A Haitian fire department exists but in name only. It also apparently gets imaginary money: $50,000 budgeted to repair fire engines and other faulty equipment has never materialized. Meanwhile, the estimated 100 or so firemen are really police officers. "It's a non-number," says a former government security administrator. "They should be getting special training, but they don't." The so-called firemen dug with their bare hands through...
...elections, claiming that it would validate Israel's "illegal" claim to the city. But the city's Arabs lose everything by refusing to vote. Without anyone lobbying for them on the city council, Arabs receive just one-tenth of municipal services - they have fewer schools, clinics, playgrounds and road repair - despite paying taxes...