tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877644112405173842.post347123994343196273..comments2023-10-26T07:12:09.173-04:00Comments on CAAST: 10 Years of COAST. What do They Have to Show for it?CAASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14985294408896844277noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877644112405173842.post-7187312367678902112010-02-16T22:44:49.349-05:002010-02-16T22:44:49.349-05:00I disagree with your take on the red light cameras...I disagree with your take on the red light cameras. They have not been shown to increase public safety and have been shown to be unconstitutional.<br />Most of the other stuff I'll agree with.Tony Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16438584872444209728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877644112405173842.post-63691693181232701602010-02-16T14:42:26.446-05:002010-02-16T14:42:26.446-05:00What I don't understand is they try and block ...What I don't understand is they try and block time and time again anything that will bring revenue into the city coffers thereby taking the load OFF the taxpayer.<br /><br />I should rephrase that, I do understand taxes have nothing to do with the cavemen and crippling the city has everything to do with it.5chw4r7zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635910297238841220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877644112405173842.post-23369175464416369282010-02-16T12:34:01.120-05:002010-02-16T12:34:01.120-05:00To that list I would add this ignominious date in ...To that list I would add this ignominious date in COAST history:<br /><br />February 11, 2010-COAST Chairman Jason Gloyd has his house foreclosed upon and auction off at Sheriff's Sale. Gloyd's reckless & irresponsible spending cost his family their home, and thus Gloyd was hoisted by his own Free Market, Deregulated petard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877644112405173842.post-64472255175710051232010-02-16T05:34:55.733-05:002010-02-16T05:34:55.733-05:00And Bob Herbert appropriately asks, "What'...And Bob Herbert appropriately asks, "What's wrong with us?" - society is an investment by all of us, something that the free ride philosophy of COAST and their like do not understand. There is no free ride and we all have a responsibility to one another as a society.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/opinion/16herbert.html?ref=opinionJoe Metzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521977783509178760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877644112405173842.post-86013291260085146982010-02-15T16:36:34.336-05:002010-02-15T16:36:34.336-05:00Actually, the transit election they say they oppos...Actually, the transit election they say they opposed in 2003 was for only 1/2 cent, not a full cent as claimed, but, hey, that's a little detail for people interested in limiting taxation.<br /><br />The MetroMoves plan would have built five light rail lights, two modern streetcar lines, expanded our bus fleet by 25%, built a third and sorely needed (even now) bus garage, opened more than 20 neighborhood bus hubs, started new routes and extended the hours of operation of existing bus routes.<br /><br />It would have brought transit to within a mile of 95% of all the households in Hamiltion County. Maybe this was the problem they had with the plan.<br /><br />And it would have cost an average Hamilton County family about $68 a year, about what a tank of gas cost in 2008.<br /><br />Some record of achievement, those COAST guys.John Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864316709800576965noreply@blogger.com