Comments on: Hoping our next president goes by the book http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/hoping-our-next-president-goes-by-the-book/ Tracking sustainability news and events in Savannah, Georgia (and beyond) Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Karen Grainey http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/hoping-our-next-president-goes-by-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Karen Grainey Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:01:02 +0000 http://sustainablesavannah.com/transportation/hoping-our-next-president-goes-by-the-book/#comment-747 It's time to start doing more than just hope that our new President and Congress will do the right thing. They need to hear from people who want to see a transformation of the American infrastructure away from the car-centered and dangerous environment we've been building for the past fifty years into one that is safe for people. Just this morning on NPR's Morning Edition I heard some pretty conventional and disheartening comments concerning Obama's economic stimulus package from Democratic Congressman David Obey who serves as the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. After stressing the importance of funding infrastructure projects which are "ready to go" he was asked if those projects would be the "least likely to be the innovative projects that could transform America into a functioning 21st Century economic engine." His response: "We have an emergency on our hands. We don't have the luxury of deciding whether we are going to use some old reliable hose or find some shiny brand-new one in the hardware store." Sounds like there will be no strings attached to the stimulus funds which will be allocated to states with encouragement to spend quickly on the projects they are ready to go. This means more of the same-old, same-old. Link to interview. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99071534 It’s time to start doing more than just hope that our new President and Congress will do the right thing. They need to hear from people who want to see a transformation of the American infrastructure away from the car-centered and dangerous environment we’ve been building for the past fifty years into one that is safe for people.

Just this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition I heard some pretty conventional and disheartening comments concerning Obama’s economic stimulus package from Democratic Congressman David Obey who serves as the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. After stressing the importance of funding infrastructure projects which are “ready to go” he was asked if those projects would be the “least likely to be the innovative projects that could transform America into a functioning 21st Century economic engine.” His response: “We have an emergency on our hands. We don’t have the luxury of deciding whether we are going to use some old reliable hose or find some shiny brand-new one in the hardware store.”

Sounds like there will be no strings attached to the stimulus funds which will be allocated to states with encouragement to spend quickly on the projects they are ready to go. This means more of the same-old, same-old.

Link to interview.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99071534

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