Bridge for Sale?

So, there was an article in the St. Pete Times today. I'm not even going to bother linking the piece. Title is explanation enough: Would Bridge Leases Pay off for Florida? I sent a little ditty off to the editor about Privatization and corporations charging $5.00 a crossing if they felt like it. I also added a little snippet in there about what else our elected officials would be willing to sell, besides their souls, in the future.. and ended with are we heading to the day where we live in Nike Town, and take the McDonald Expressway to work.

Anyway, I think roads and bridges are something that we, The People, should own. When you are in war, what is a good tactical way to harm the other side.. take out their bridges or roads so the frontline doesn't get supplies or re-inforcements. It seems to me that corporations would be holding us hostage, playing the billy goat under the bridge game.

What do ya'll think? Should we lease off America to pay off our debt? Or to maybe pay for more things like education in town. Am I making too big of a deal over this?

It's not surprising that Florida is following Texas. Two Bush criminal states!

under the hands of investors is a no-fucking-way deal for me. Tolls will be $5, and the corporation will keep most of the revenue.

Hell no.

That bridge should never be corporatized... They wouldn't maintain it and would charge a lot of money to use it... Wonder what they'd call it once it corporatized.... Anyway.. that bridge is scary enough knowing the govt is in charge of it.. Knowing a corporate entity would be in charge would force me to double my trip and go the other way.. but then again, Mayor Pam over in Tampa wants to sell off the I-4/ 275 corridor.

I don't think ANYONE could f*ck up the I275/I4 area worse.

exit much better now... I think its much more practical than the old exit.

Headed south at that bottleneck, 24/7 traffic jam.

that way everyday... I wish we could get rid of the downtown Clearwater cult... they are doing zero for the area.. We could have a vibrant downtown Clearwater with an active nightspot, cafe's, and a few commercial buildings... It would be a great pairing to Clearwater Beach.. but instead the council is bought and let a church move in... How many tax dollars are they providing for the community? NONE. And on top of it all, they scare the tourists.

In his book "We the People: A Call to Take Back America" Thom Hartmann points out that the most important element of our Commons is our government. When they privatize that, our democracy will be completely gone. Since corporations enjoy 4th amendment rights, we will no longer be able to inquire or investigate what they are up to. Government will no longer be owned by or answerable to its citizens. "Consent of the governed" will not apply.

I try to keep hope, but it gets more difficult every day. My husband & I were talking this morning about the trend of naming event facilities after corporations & not people. Of, by & for the corporations. We are there.


Free excerpts of Thom's book here:

http://www.we-the-people-book.com/index.htm

invested, so the biggest corp. seems to get the name.. like the what is it Nokia stadium or something like that.. but that's been happening for a while now.... It will be interesting when we are living in Pepsi Co. Town or GM County...