Matters of Opinion RTA Special!
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!
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Matters of Opinion Special on RTA Referendum | Kevin Tracy
1 Nov 09 at 12:54 pm
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?”
Kevin Tracy
2 Nov 09 at 2:18 pm