seattle.politics

SMITH29 wrote:
> Starkiller© wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:24:05 +0200, dangerman
>> < @ > wrote:
>>
>>> SMITH29 wrote:
>>>> Cars and trucks caused it to fail.
>>>> State knew about cracks in the primary structure and claimed cracks
>>>> were stable.
>>>> Instead of fixing the bridge they inspected more often.
>>>> Does any of this make any sense?
>>>> /2gpps6
>>>>
>>>> Gregoire is calling for our bridges to be inspected.
>>>> Now how about some rod and plate?
>>>> FIX THE DAMN THINGS.
>>> Can we raise taxes to pay for it?
>>
>>
>> How about just using the money allready appropriated for it as it was
>> intended instead of funneling it elsewhere?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Starkiller©
>>
>> "Eta Kooram Nah Smech!"
> xxxx
> The problem is the road/gas tax goes into the general fund and to hell
> with our roads and bridges.

Are you saying we have no law requiring that our roads and bridges be
inspected and repaired? Shouldn't we pass one then?

> Washington State roads and government S U C K !!!
> Our gravel roads are a joke..
> It's not about money either.
> North and South Dakota are sparely populated and all their roads are in
> good repair and their chip seal roads are far smoother than our asphalt
> or concrete roads. Like I-5 from Seattle to Tacoma has spots that would
> be better off as gravel only.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I-5 between Seattle and Tacoma
might have more cars travel over it in one week than all the roads in
North Dakota have in a year.

> I-695 did no harm to the roads as they were bad before it went into
> effect.

Laughing Out Loud. Crying On The Inside.

> What we need is to change out the government in Olympia
> including and especially the highway department, State Patrol
> management, L&I, DSHS, and eliminate lottery and the liquor control
> board. We need to get our government back to being public servants doing
> their jobs effectively instead of a government that feeds off of us and
> continues to grow with no apparent supervision.
> The way it is now we could send Olympia ALL of our money and all it
> would do is grow more government that has meetings to plan the next
> meeting and the money wouldn't be enough to go around.....
> Olympia is a zoo.

...like your idea of forming a group of engineers to "look into inspection?"