tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post2274864936300479847..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-62920329621696189332007-11-19T10:48:00.000-08:002007-11-19T10:48:00.000-08:00The real issue with the BIG buses, like always in ...The real issue with the BIG buses, like always in Bend, there is always the real issue, and not the silly issue that Duncan brought forth for blogger-fodder.<BR/><BR/>The real issue is that FEMA wants big buses in the area to transport people during times of unrest.<BR/><BR/>The federal dollars that match these projects don't cover small, practical, fuel efficient buses.<BR/><BR/>This is the typical problem for towns like Bend that only live to suck the tit of the Federal Pig Trough.<BR/><BR/>Federal Block Grant writers like Garzini, and Kuratek. Float all over the country and for a very sweet price, help parasitic town like Bend get money.<BR/><BR/>Then the problem, with taking federal dollars is you MUST meet their creepy requirement. Thus Bend MUST have big buses.Mrs Sally Heatherton Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308845806362377942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-23655849178298589582007-11-19T09:20:00.000-08:002007-11-19T09:20:00.000-08:00I think Bend needs to be more like Paisley.All of ...I think Bend needs to be more like Paisley.<BR/><BR/>All of Bend is symbolism, this is the town that says ...<BR/><BR/>"Got a cold"? Get PR<BR/><BR/>"Pregnant"? PR<BR/><BR/>"Legal Problem" Public-Relations<BR/><BR/>Image advertising, creative people, its all about check-list, somebody long ago trying to market Bend as a #1 resort on the west coast said "We must have a transit system", "We must have big buses, so that they're not missed".<BR/><BR/>Now that the only people in America, that believe Bend is the #1 resort in America, is VCB/DVA ( www.visitbend.com ), and everyone else knows Bend for what it is, "The most over-priced RE in America". I'm not sure what symbolism might be left? This is an issue for Bend's creative types.<BR/><BR/>The BAT is now a self propelling new public-works infrastructure with its own budget, its own lobby, and its own PR infrastructure. Killing it now would be almost impossible.<BR/><BR/>Given that every time I see the small buses, their always empty, I cannot imagine the practicality of the large bus. Fuel is going up.<BR/><BR/>They used to say "Symbolism over Substance", or "Politics is the Art of the Possible". Somebody in Bend was owed a debt, and they created a new cost-center, and management, its all MUNI-BONDS, for buses, hangars, ... Keep borrowing money, its easy, let the next generation pay the bill.<BR/><BR/>The BAT is now an army of its own, with its own extinct for survival. The bigger buses would make them more visible, then they could have bigger billboards, for advertising, sq-ft space, yields revenue.<BR/><BR/>We need a BAT Metro Tax. We need to create more government jobs, otherwise Bend will see higher unemployment. Unreliable buses means more diesel mechanics, its win-win for everyone.<BR/><BR/>It's just too funny, last month the city of Paisley down hwy-31, SE of LA-PINES voted to be like Bend, the Citizens voted 90% NOT to be like Bend. In Paisley, politicians that even talk like Bend politicians are recalled the same day. I think Bend needs to be more like Paisley.<BR/><BR/>Bend is now the ICON of moronity in EASTERN OREGON, in Wally-World/WA they have stickers that say "DONT BEND MY TOWN"<BR/><BR/>How can this place get anymore hilarious??<BR/><BR/> I think Bend needs to be more like Paisley.Mrs Sally Heatherton Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308845806362377942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-84209433530922054602007-11-19T06:22:00.000-08:002007-11-19T06:22:00.000-08:00I always wondered how it would pencil out to take ...I always wondered how it would pencil out to take all of the money spent on BAT and use it to hire Taxis. I bet for a $15.00 cab ride, most people in the City of Bend could go wherever the hell they want and back. And you'd have the whole thing to yourself. With what we've spent on BAT, that's one hell of a lot of $15.00 rides.The Natives Are Restlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682590971182614331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-7280117250444539322007-11-18T16:17:00.000-08:002007-11-18T16:17:00.000-08:00I'd even assert that all this concern over looks h...I'd even assert that all this concern over looks has completely upended this town. Bigger cars, bigger houses, bigger everything.<BR/><BR/>An industrial park? Too small!<BR/><BR/>We need a world class university and technical center. We're a big city, I tell you!Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.com