Comments on: Commission Approves Agreement with GDOT; Expect N. McDonough Streetscape in 4-7 Years http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/22/commission-approves-agreement-with-gdot-expect-n-mcdonough-streetscape-in-4-7-years/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: AnotherRick http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/22/commission-approves-agreement-with-gdot-expect-n-mcdonough-streetscape-in-4-7-years/#comment-103439 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:50:20 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-103439 This time frame (4 to 7 years to implement a straight forward project) is not unusual for a Georgia Department of Transportation project. I do not thing the delay should be blamed on it being federal funds. Look at how this DOT has been managed these past 9 years.

]]> By: smalltowngal http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/22/commission-approves-agreement-with-gdot-expect-n-mcdonough-streetscape-in-4-7-years/#comment-103060 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:47:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-103060 Word.

]]> By: burble http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/22/commission-approves-agreement-with-gdot-expect-n-mcdonough-streetscape-in-4-7-years/#comment-102989 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:33:36 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-102989 Well, gee…where does the $$ for the Federal grant come from? We’re paying taxes into a great bottomless pit that we then have to go begging for to support projects in our neighborhood. My fantasy is that one day I pay in State taxes what I now pay in Federal taxes…and vice versa.

]]> By: Scott http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/22/commission-approves-agreement-with-gdot-expect-n-mcdonough-streetscape-in-4-7-years/#comment-102952 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:19:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-102952 This is a good point. It’s like growing a beard to treat a cold. One has no affect on the other.

A particular community (such as Decatur) refusing federal dollars does not change the process by which we distribute tax money. If your issue is extravagant or wasteful government spending (the legitimacy of which I’m making no comment on here), there are far more impactful ways to go about addressing it. For better or for worse, the recent midterm election results certainly reflected a lot of people putting a lot of effort into influencing federal policy in ways that could produce meaningful results.

The only things the refusal of federal money is good for are political grandstanding or willful attempts to put your community at a competitive disadvantage with others in your region. Or both.

]]> By: karass http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/03/22/commission-approves-agreement-with-gdot-expect-n-mcdonough-streetscape-in-4-7-years/#comment-102944 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:45:50 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-102944 And it’s not like we don’t all pay federal taxes here. We ought to at least get our fair share of federal funding for reasonable projects. It’s not like we are just proposing a project in order to ask for some funds.

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