tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8040715737039872744..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Legislative Update, Week 1 - Bridge ManiaSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-10720627825455234962013-02-12T12:43:13.350-08:002013-02-12T12:43:13.350-08:00Also, if you're on twitter, the best tweets du...Also, if you're on twitter, the best tweets during the hearing were from House Republican Deputy Leader Julie Parrish. You can follow her <a href="https://twitter.com/hotcouponmama" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-88233282151030845602013-02-12T12:40:39.052-08:002013-02-12T12:40:39.052-08:00The green tea gets stronger!
Portland Transport h...The green tea gets stronger!<br /><br />Portland Transport has <a href="http://portlandtransport.com/archives/2013/02/strange_bedfell.html" rel="nofollow">an update on a new coalition</a>.<br /><br />"Coalition leaders include: John Charles (President, Cascade Policy Institute), Steve Cole (Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods), Karla Kay Edwards (Director, Americans for Prosperity-Oregon), Mara Gross (Coalition for A Livable Future) and Jason Williams (Oregon Taxpayer Association)."Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-58973790789540070822013-02-10T23:47:21.898-08:002013-02-10T23:47:21.898-08:00Interesting...
Still, the Green Tea Alliance is u...Interesting...<br /><br />Still, the Green Tea Alliance is up and at it.<br /><br />Over at BlueOregon, a former Executive Director of the BTA, Evan Manvel, <a href="http://www.blueoregon.com/2013/02/pt-barnum-right-crc-boondoggle/" rel="nofollow">writes about cost-overruns and other boondogglery</a>. <br /><br />Manvel adds that in addition to the Highway 20 Eddyville fiasco, "ODOT’s most recent <i>completed</i> large project, the Grand Avenue Viaduct in Portland, came in at $98 million, more than three times its $31 million budget. The Newberg-Dundee Bypass has seen its cost projections nearly quadruple, and remains un-built."<br /><br />Over at Americans for Prosperity, <a href="http://americansforprosperity.org/oregon/legislativealerts/stop-the-columbia-river-crossing-boondoggle/" rel="nofollow">they make a similar argument</a> about the boondoggle.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-30854495183822620582013-02-10T11:37:58.103-08:002013-02-10T11:37:58.103-08:00One of the anti-CRC FB pages reported that the Cla...One of the anti-CRC FB pages reported that the Clackamas Co. res. failed. Bugger!Curtnoreply@blogger.com