Yesterday I received a letter from the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority. Did you get one too ?
The letter went into explaining the delays in construction, the increase in fares, the concern about safety, and of course, the design/engineering mistakes that has helped contribute to these issues.
If I had been the only recipient of this letter, it would not have really bothered me. BUT, living in a condo, it takes little to look in the trash can by the mailboxes and see all these discarded letters from the Expressway authority.
I do not use the toll road very often, but the cost of the letter to me would about equal the proposed raise for a one time use. How about all those letters in the trash bin ?
They just don't seem to get it about using taxpayer money. Why did they send me a letter now about a road not to be completed for at least another year ? The answer is simple : WE ARE NOT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE ENOUGH !
I must commend the chairman for having the courage to signing his name to a letter about a project that has been an almost total disaster.
Think about it: 1. a project many do not feel is safe; 2. cost overruns around $100 million; 3. Fare increases of 25-50 cents; 4. Additional wasted money on sending out letters about the project.
IF this doesn't bother you then so be it, BUT, if you want to let the Authority know what you think, you contact them here.
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Watch it! You are sounding unforgivably conservative. ;)
Actually, I'm old enough to remember when accountability was strictly a "liberal" issue. It was the conservatives which used to say "trust me". I could be wrong. I'm getting olde nowe. Heh, heh.
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