Content: Yes, yet another SPECIAL Matters of Opinion production. While I have already declared myself neutral on the idea, I decided that I wanted to do an episode on the Regional Transit Authority Referendum Vote which is November 3rd here in Porter County. Whatever your opinions on the RTA, get out and vote (it’s the American way, after all). While the majority of the conversation is from a pro-RTA point of view, I play devils advocate with what limited knowledge that I have. However, I encourage everybody to listen to the show and post your comments and concerns. Robert Ordway, head of the Citizens for Northwest Indiana PAC joins me in this discussion, and has promised to keep an eye on the comment section to address concerns and debate. Unfortunately this is the best way that I could come up with to have a true debate on this subject. I attempted to get a couple of different opinions on the show to have a live “on-air” debate, however because this was put together fairly quickly (yesterday) understandably the anti-RTA side of the argument was busy. For the record, they did not decline the debate. I do hope that they feel free to participate in this debate through the comment section, and once again I hope everybody listens/reads both sides of the argument and judge for themselves. There was an issue with volume control, so the recording has a little more static than I’m happy with, but bear with me, please. Happy listening!
Northwest Indiana Politics
- Republican Leadership?
- Seaton is not a resident of Indiana
- When will Americans be considered adults?
- Lake County Machine Politics
- Untitled
- Kim Krull on challenges to ballot in Lake County
- Mike Delph - Stand With Arizona
- Upon Further Review, I Don't Mind the Mosque
- Mike Pence in valparaiso
- Are Opponents of Ground Zero Mosque ALL Just Bigots?
The Peterson Post
- Republican Leadership?
- From What I’ve Read…
- Some Advice for President Obama
- When will Americans be considered adults?
- The World May End…Have a GREAT Weekend!
- Consequences of Gridlock
- The 5 Things I Learned from Last Night’s Primaries
- Who Says No One is Hiring? I Got a Job!
- Are Ground Zero Mosque Opponents ALL Just Bigots?
- Corporate Campaign Finance Fears Irrational
Indiana Fair Tax
- Mike Pence: Why he loves the FairTax and What George Washington would think about our current Tax system.
- Updated: General Election Fairtax Indiana Candidate Score Card-2010
- FairTax Indiana Wants You!
- How to Kill the FairTax---FairTax Friday
- Today is Tax Day! Glenn Becks proposed reform solution: More of the Same, but different...
- Join the FairTax Race Team!
- A History Marred by Conflict
- Economic Rocket Ship To The Moon
- Get ready to march Online on Washington D.C.!
- Get ready to march Online on Washington D.C.!
The Wall Street Journal
- Roche Sets Cost-Costing Plan
- Putin Extends Wheat-Export Ban
- Toshiba to Launch New Tablet Computer
- TPG Sells Ping An Stake for $1.16 Billion
- BP Says Spill Costs Have Hit $8 Billion
- A New Digital Battlefield
- East Coast Braces for Hurricane Earl
- Probe Circles Globe to Find Dirty Money
- Techs Lead in Tokyo, Seoul
- H-P Outguns Dell in Takeover Duel
[...] Matters of Opinion RTA Special! travis posted at 2009-11-1 Category: Uncategorized [...]
Sorry Rob,
But that is a lot of money to spend and a lot of families to evict just to have a psychological connection for small business owners that will, for all practical purposes, encourage people in Valparaiso to spend their weekend entertainment money in Chicago. Besides that, as someone who uses the northern line, a Valpo expansion would force trains to be taken off the old line, which will make the public transportation inconvenient for everybody who has access to it.
I’m not opposed to the idea of cooperating with the surrounding counties or even having a regional body to help us develop our infrastructure in concert with one another. It’s just that I see this body, if approved, making really poor decisions and a lack of accountability that would let them get away with it.
There’s a right and wrong way to go forward with this, and I personally believe this is the wrong way.
Thankfully, it looks like the measure is going to fail, the only question is, “how miserably?”