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| ctrabs74 wrote: | I don't know who irritates me more: the idiots on Beacon Hill who, in typical Mass. fashion, bungled a major opportunity or the people opposed to the idea.
As someone who grew up in New England, I'm more inclined to blame the pols in this case... |
It’s the small-mindedness of it all that irritates me. The local residents and shopkeepers who only care that they or their customers can no longer jaywalk at their leisure if a busway is in the middle of the street. The fire department no doubt working behind the scenes to torpedo a civic improvement because they may have to drive a block further a few times a year. The politicians who show no interest in leading the public and will not risk taking a stand in fear of angering a voting bloc, no matter how small. The overall sense that all of them would rather kill a project than try to work together and find a compromise that everyone can live with.
What’s really sad is that even in an economically-depressed minority neighborhood like this one, transit riders are still considered ‘those people’ and have no effective unified voice. |
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ripta42
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Don't forget the loss of parking!  |
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