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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

"I would just bet that if the City tried to skirt the rules near where you live"

Would that still be Overbrook?

On Neighbors of proposed industrial park near Farmers Turnpike file lawsuit, say city acted illegally

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

"Whereas the 'responsible' and 'prudent' thing to do would be to reward and support those who plan, manage, and operate the mT"

We can second guess the design and management of the public transit system all we want, but even if a genius like you had been put in charge, nota, the basic result would have been the same-- the city provided funding sufficient for a half-assed bus system, and that's what we got.

"{I still like the sound of “just_another_bozo_on_the_sidewalk.”)"

I spend much more time on the sidewalk, or on a bike in the street, than I do on a bus. But I happen to live close enough to downtown and work, and to be in good enough physical condition, that I don't personally need the bus that often. But I don't mind paying a few pennies to make sure it's there for those who aren't in the same position I am, and I like knowing that if I need it, the bus is there, which is the case at least once a month, and sometimes more often. Once the tax issues pass, and the system is totally merged with KU and revamped, I expect that I'll use it at least once a week. I'd probably use it even more, but my work requires me to transport items that can't be taken on a bus.

On Ill-conceived tax

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

Care to address any of the real facts above, snap?

On Voter registration soars

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

I know that the ACORN complainers here are alllergic to actual facts, so my apologies if this gets you all itchy--

From The Truth About ACORN's Voter Registration Drive
by Bertha Lewis and Steve Kest

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10...

Fact: ACORN has implemented the most sophisticated quality-control system in the voter engagement field, but in almost every state we are required to turn in ALL completed applications, even the ones we know to be problematic.

Fact: ACORN flags incomplete, problem, or suspicious cards when we turn them in, but these warnings are often ignored by election officials. Often these same officials then come back weeks or months later and accuse us of deliberately turning in phony cards.

Fact: Our canvassers are paid by the hour, not by the card, so there is NO incentive for them to falsify cards. ACORN has a zero-tolerance policy for deliberately falsifying registrations, and in the relatively rare cases where our internal quality controls have identified this happening we have fired the workers involved and turned them in to election officials and law-enforcement.

Fact: No charges have ever been brought against ACORN itself. Convictions against individual former ACORN workers have been accomplished with our full cooperation, using the evidence obtained through our quality control and verification processes.

Fact: Voter fraud by individuals is extremely rare, and incredibly difficult. There has never been a single proven case of anyone, anywhere, casting an illegal vote as a result of a phony voter registration. Even if someone wanted to influence the election this way, it would not work.

Fact: Most election officials have recognized ACORN's good work and praised our quality control systems. Even in the cities where election officials have complained about ACORN, the applications in question represent less than 1% of the thousands and thousands of registrations ACORN has collected.

Fact: Our accusers not only fail to provide any evidence, they fail to suggest a motive: there is virtually no chance anyone would be able to vote fraudulently, so there is no reason to deliberately submit phony registrations. ACORN is committed to ensuring that the greatest possible numbers of people are registered and allowed to vote, so there is also NO incentive to "disrupt the system" with phony cards.

Fact: Similar accusations were made, and attacks launched, against ACORN and other voter registration organizations in 2004 and 2006. These attacks were not only groundless, they have since been exposed as part of the U.S. Attorneygate scandal and revealed to be part of a systematic partisan agenda of voter suppression.

Bertha Lewis is a senior organizer for ACORN. Steve Kest is ACORN's Executive Director.

On Voter registration soars

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

Pine is a real piece of work-- and from the story, it confirms what most of us already knew-- Jere McElhaney (and his dad) was cut from the same cloth.

From the link above

"In 2003 and 2004, Jere McElhaney, who operates a fence-building company and serves on the Douglas County Commission, sent bills to the drainage district for $21,900. Public documents of the drainage board contain a one-word definition of the projects: "verbal.""

On Flap over Sen. Pine's residency spills over to wife's term on board

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

Thanks for the tip, somebodynew--

Here's the link

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/101108/l...

On Flap over Sen. Pine's residency spills over to wife's term on board

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

You know 458, if you were a better plumber, you wouldn't need to suck up to the Schwadas and the Comptons just to get jobs.

On Neighbors of proposed industrial park near Farmers Turnpike file lawsuit, say city acted illegally

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

"Voting no will force the redesign,"

False. The redesign will entail a merger with the KU bus system, which is already underway with a cooperative arrangement already in place between the two systems. Voting "no" will be the end to the city's public transit system, the end to any possible merger between two needlessly redundant bus systems, and the end to any potential redesign.

On Ill-conceived tax

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

I'd rather be in Cuba than in Haiti, which has been pummeled by US and World Bank/IMF "tough love." Both have been hit by two major hurricanes/tropical storms this season, but Haiti, unlike Cuba, has suffered immensely from starvation and other forms of deprivation.

On In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so everyone can eat

just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

The same speculative derivative "tools" that destroyed the housing market were also used in the oil market, and account for much of the recent price rises. The weakness of the stock market as slowed that speculation, but that is likely temporary, and prices will begin to rise again.

On Will gas guzzling make a comeback?