Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/comment-page-1/#comment-45336 Josh Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:03:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/#comment-45336 TEXTING! Lovely. TEXTING! Lovely.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/comment-page-1/#comment-45334 Larry Littlefield Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:22:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/#comment-45334 Spitzer's plan to find someone else to blame for what is coming to our transportation system: "The MTA proposal requires equitable cost sharing. I have already committed to $300 million annually starting in 2010...In Washington, DC this past weekend I joined other Governors from around the country to press for more federal attention to the infrastructure needs of this nation. We urged Washington to take responsibility and increase funding for rebuilding our transportation infrastructure. Let me say again that the federal government must recognize its role in funding the infrastructure needs of this state." Of the $30 billion the MTA says it needs to not finish the long-promised major investments and engage in deferred maintenance (see my Room 8 post), the only real money is $8.1 billion from the federal government. Everything else is debt or not there. So the plan is to blame the federal government for the collapse of the transit system. Spitzer’s plan to find someone else to blame for what is coming to our transportation system:

“The MTA proposal requires equitable cost sharing. I have already committed to $300 million annually starting in 2010…In Washington, DC this past weekend I joined other Governors from around the country to press for more federal attention to the infrastructure needs of this nation. We urged Washington to take responsibility and increase funding for rebuilding our transportation infrastructure. Let me say again that the federal government must recognize its role in funding the infrastructure needs of this state.”

Of the $30 billion the MTA says it needs to not finish the long-promised major investments and engage in deferred maintenance (see my Room 8 post), the only real money is $8.1 billion from the federal government. Everything else is debt or not there.

So the plan is to blame the federal government for the collapse of the transit system.

]]> By: JF http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/comment-page-1/#comment-45332 JF Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:59:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/#comment-45332 I don't know, Spud. Why would the Assembly Dems withhold party support from Democratic candidates who want to challenge those Republican Senators? I don’t know, Spud. Why would the Assembly Dems withhold party support from Democratic candidates who want to challenge those Republican Senators?

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/comment-page-1/#comment-45331 Spud Spudly Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:51:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/03/todays-headlines-351/#comment-45331 How about this one, from last week: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html?scp=1&sq=bloomberg+senate+republicans&st=nyt And why exactly would the Assembly Dems support any Bloomberg plan while he's writing fat checks to help the GOP retain the Senate? How about this one, from last week:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html?scp=1&sq=bloomberg+senate+republicans&st=nyt

And why exactly would the Assembly Dems support any Bloomberg plan while he’s writing fat checks to help the GOP retain the Senate?

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