Got an extra 8 Million lying around?

How do you feel about spending $8,000,000.00 for a study on a street car? You actually won’t get the street car; you will get a bunch of diagrams and a nice power point presentation on how it would work. Did I mention it will span about 10 miles. That’s right citizens of Charlotte, NC the city council has approved in their budget, by an All Democrat vote for it and All Republican vote against, for this study. Mayoral Candidate, Anthony Fox said the study would help determine how much it would cost. So let me see, we will spend eight million tax dollars to find out how much it would cost to have a street car in Charlotte that goes 10 miles from east to west. Again Democrat Anthony Fox said it would be a growth strategy for the Charlotte area. Mr. Fox, you are telling me that you believe a street car that goes back in forth through the Queen City would promote growth? Seriously, what business would move here because of a trolley? But wait folks, it does get better. You see we already know that the project would cost an estimated 373 million dollars, again of tax payer’s money, to be completed. That’s only 37,300,000 dollars per mile. Why would the democrats want to spend an additional eight million dollars if we already have an estimated cost? It’s simple; they do not value you or the money you work hard for. To further explain that comment, the city council has voted for a 15% increase in the cost for water and a 5% increase in storm water rates. You remember when they asked us to cut back because of the water shortage, well we did, and now they are not so happy we are so green.
So if you think that Mr. Fox is here for you, then you have another thing coming. He obviously does not care about you or how the economy is affecting you. He’s the one pushing for a street car named “ridiculous” and agrees that a hike in water rates is necessary since you’ve done such a great job in conserving during a drought. Hey city council, how about spending the eight million on the school system or paving our roads?
ON a separate note, to all the teachers out there in North Carolina, The House Democrats in Raleigh are planning on proposing a budget that would cut the education spending by 12%. That means that about thousands of teachers would lose their jobs in the 2010 year. I have many friends that are teachers and most of them liberals and this question will be directed to you. To my liberal friends, is this the change you wanted? You are losing your jobs, and the state still wants to spend more money. I will leave you with one quote today my friends.
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.Alexander Hamilton