Where does it say the city is busily spending money? The article says "Only a handful of city employees will receive raises this year" or do you have some insights that only you know?
OK, so what constitutes an employee? A year-round employee? Do seasonal employees count? Do interns count? Will the city have the same number of employees at all times of the year? Probably not, what with retirements, new hires, etc. I love people who seem to pretend that being skeptical means they are somehow wise.
Repeaters, you mean a more modern mode of transportation like paved roads (the Romans built better roads than we do)? Or 19th-century cars? And if age determines if something should be continued, your parents should be very nervous when you're nearby!
Rail is less expensive to build and operate than new roads or airports and produces a better return than adding another lane to a highway or a runway to an airport. Ask Pittsburgh about the utilization of their 1990s-built Midfield Terminal, or the residents who lived in hundreds of homes demolished in St. Louis for an airport expansion for TWA's hub (remember TWA??).
We are not paying attention to demographic changes. GenerationY (21-30) is the largest generation in American history and are driving nearly 8 percent less than the previous, smaller generation did in the 1990s. They don't see cars as a form of freedom. They seek freedom from having to drive everywhere. And the Baby Boomers started turning 65 years old this year and are losing their ability to drive at highway speeds or long distances. Our failure to recognize that half the nation's population is driving less portends serious economic consequences if we don't accommodate their needs because the old transportation system continues expanding out of inertia.
And according to the International Energy Agency, the world passed its peak in oil production in 2006. While Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran and others are building high-speed rail, urban rail transit, freight rail and other energy-conservation measures to save their oil-export economies, America keeps building a transportation system as if it is still the world's largest oil producer. You want to talk out of date? That transportation system is 40 years obsolete. Great countries don't stay great. They get too full of themselves to eat a little humble pie once in a while.
The site should be cleaned up regardless, which will give the property a higher re-sale value. That's probably a big reason for the tax-funded clean-up, along with this paragraph from the article:
"The state EPA was considering enforcement action against Sherman, but stopped that procedure in light of the city of Campbell’s Clean Ohio grant application, according to agency spokesman Mike Settles."
Still, the amount of defeatism in your community, as is evident on this forum, is profound and self-perpetuating. If you Little Abners and Droopies were so good at predicting the future (ie: "This will never happen because nothing good ever does") what are you doing posting here instead of counting your stacks of money on a beach someplace? Stop waiting for the future. Get out of your mother's basement and go make the future happen. Wanna know why something isn't happening in your city? Look in the mirror you losers.
Youngstown expects increase in tax revenue
Where does it say the city is busily spending money? The article says "Only a handful of city employees will receive raises this year" or do you have some insights that only you know?
OK, so what constitutes an employee? A year-round employee? Do seasonal employees count? Do interns count? Will the city have the same number of employees at all times of the year? Probably not, what with retirements, new hires, etc. I love people who seem to pretend that being skeptical means they are somehow wise.
March 2, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. permalink suggest removal
High-speed rail proposal should include the Valley
Repeaters, you mean a more modern mode of transportation like paved roads (the Romans built better roads than we do)? Or 19th-century cars? And if age determines if something should be continued, your parents should be very nervous when you're nearby!
Rail is less expensive to build and operate than new roads or airports and produces a better return than adding another lane to a highway or a runway to an airport. Ask Pittsburgh about the utilization of their 1990s-built Midfield Terminal, or the residents who lived in hundreds of homes demolished in St. Louis for an airport expansion for TWA's hub (remember TWA??).
We are not paying attention to demographic changes. GenerationY (21-30) is the largest generation in American history and are driving nearly 8 percent less than the previous, smaller generation did in the 1990s. They don't see cars as a form of freedom. They seek freedom from having to drive everywhere. And the Baby Boomers started turning 65 years old this year and are losing their ability to drive at highway speeds or long distances. Our failure to recognize that half the nation's population is driving less portends serious economic consequences if we don't accommodate their needs because the old transportation system continues expanding out of inertia.
And according to the International Energy Agency, the world passed its peak in oil production in 2006. While Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran and others are building high-speed rail, urban rail transit, freight rail and other energy-conservation measures to save their oil-export economies, America keeps building a transportation system as if it is still the world's largest oil producer. You want to talk out of date? That transportation system is 40 years obsolete. Great countries don't stay great. They get too full of themselves to eat a little humble pie once in a while.
February 17, 2011 at 11:05 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Sherman proposal marked by questions, promises
The site should be cleaned up regardless, which will give the property a higher re-sale value. That's probably a big reason for the tax-funded clean-up, along with this paragraph from the article:
"The state EPA was considering enforcement action against Sherman, but stopped that procedure in light of the city of Campbell’s Clean Ohio grant application, according to agency spokesman Mike Settles."
Still, the amount of defeatism in your community, as is evident on this forum, is profound and self-perpetuating. If you Little Abners and Droopies were so good at predicting the future (ie: "This will never happen because nothing good ever does") what are you doing posting here instead of counting your stacks of money on a beach someplace? Stop waiting for the future. Get out of your mother's basement and go make the future happen. Wanna know why something isn't happening in your city? Look in the mirror you losers.
July 18, 2010 at 1:27 p.m. permalink suggest removal