Dan Besse on Facebook: Bad news, good news, crazy news

Submitted by James on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 9:18am

I usually steer clear of reposting stuff from Facebook, especially from people who have accounts at BlueNC. I figure they know how to copy and paste, and if they wanted people here to get their news, they'd post it here. That said, Besse sums up this situation nicely today.

Bad news: NC's jobless rate is still near 10% and we're short on dollars to modernize our transportation system. Good news: We've won a federal grant of over $500 million to modernize rail tracks and crossings on our most heavily used state rail lines--creating 5,000 construction jobs. Crazy news: A dozen NC House Republicans have a bill being heard today which would force the state to turn down the grant.

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Thanks, hopefully that grant

Submitted by Odessa on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:27am.

Thanks, hopefully that grant does come through despite the obstacles that some politicians are engineering just so they can look like they are taking leadership.

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