Does anyone remember that over the last few years there has been a controversy over widening the Innerbelt Bridge?
To widen the bridge they would have to demolish two old churches that are still in use.
Eminent domain has not been considered a viable solution so far. Now the bridge is in questionable condition, may not be repairable, and may require replacement. Is this an end run to get what ODOT wanted in the first place?
I pay my bills, am up to date on my mortgage. My retirement investments went with the stock market. Who is offering me help?
I paid the taxes they are giving away, so why not give me some of it? Who thinks the auto industry in America will disappear? It may have to change, but it will not disappear. Would it hurt to loose bloated prices, salaries, wages, and antiquated work rules? Does anyone really think no one will be building cars in America if the auto industry goes chapter 11?
The railroad industry did it years ago and came back stronger than ever. The automakers got loans of 25 BILLION to retool. Retooling is a standard expense for manufacturing where there is a model change EVERY year. IT’S OUR MONEY!!! We should be getting something for it.
We are giving BILLIONS to banks, who are pocketing the money. What happened to the stated purpose for the money? Should we demand it back if it is not used as intended? What was the hurry? Weeks have passed with no action or backlash, and I didn’t even get kissed, while being …..
Being a product of the 60’s is that the 60’s formed my way of looking at things. Being born in the 40’s is just a fact indicating my age, not my attitudes.
I am a product of the 60’s, born in the 40’s. In this country we have the constitutional right against unreasonable search.
If one is under the influence of ANY disabling substance they must be restricted in their access to dangerous equipment, i.e. cars, classrooms, machinery, etc. They do not deserve a felony charge in their 20’s that will be with them forever for PRIVATE consumption of a questionably dangerous substance as common as marijuana.
Congress determined marijuana was a dangerous drug (actually the THC is what they were against, but that was too technical). They passed laws that said it was so dangerous it had to be banned. They declared it to be of NO redeemable value, thereby banning testing of the possible beneficial uses of marijuana. It was the unlawful users of this "dangerous drug" that have found, and proven, valuable uses for this dangerous substance.
Everyone who has a drink is not a drunk, nor is everyone who has a "joint" a stoner.
Isn’t it about time we applied some of the lessons we learned in the great experiment, commonly known as "Prohibition"? The government can not force the public to give up something it really wants; it only makes a black market for that item. Marijuana has not been seriously removed from the public arena, even after hundreds of millions of dollars spent to eradicate it.
Marijuana has been wrongly declared a Schedule I Narcotic. We have incarcerated many of our youth; marking them for life as a felon for possession of small amounts for personal use.
It costs at least $20,000 each year to maintain an inmate in jail. How much better would it be to give to our youth an education grant for that amount, rather than the label of convict? It’s time for a change.
