[PRCo] Re: Glassport Loop

[Dwight Long]

Fred

But in "the failing Socialist European Countries"  so vilified by the right 
wing talking heads, the roads in general are glass smooth--and their public 
transport systems work.

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Glassport Loop


> Everywhere....
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> My last two drives across the U. S. showed roads in all states in worse 
> condition than I ever saw them before.
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> On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Barry, Matthew R wrote:
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>> I know.   Our infrastructure is hurting.  Aside from public 
>> transportation, I haven't seen bridges and streets in the condition that 
>> they are in, in quite a long time.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org 
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Fred 
>> Schneider
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:47 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Glassport Loop
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>> Vote 'publican and lose more service!   :<)
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>> There was a great young lady who worked for me.  She left labor and 
>> industry and moved over to Department of Education to get a promotion. 
>> A few weeks ago I had lunch with her ... you know the kind ... the 
>> daughter you wish you had.   Now she told me that they have not hired 
>> anyone in her department since her.   It is always easy to find money to 
>> hire consultants to do the work but there is no money to hire people on 
>> the state payroll.   Why?   The consultants can be told to give money 
>> back to the reelection campaigns if they are hired but you cannot legally 
>> torque an employees arm.
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>> On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Barry, Matthew R wrote:
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>>> Right now, it looks like I'll be losing service to the Homestead 
>>> Park(Munhall) Lincoln Place area come this September.   After years and 
>>> years of bus service and streetcar (route 65 Munhall), we'll have to 
>>> walk a few miles either to 8th Ave in Homestead for a bus, or to Mifflin 
>>> Road, in the opposite direction.
>>> Then, I recalled that, as of last year, the people of Glassport were 
>>> left without any service as well.
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>>> From the streetcar years:
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>>> http://www.liquala.com/pcc-307.html
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