tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post7296167689965265902..comments2007-08-18T07:12:36.686-04:00dan reed!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-15181096391487789072007-08-18T07:12:00.000-04:002007-08-18T07:12:00.000-04:00Tennesee, Alabama, or Mississippi -hick, backward towns.?<BR/><BR/>Don't forget how backward Montgomery County was in the 60's.(1960 you dolts).<BR/><BR/>There were Klan meetings at Wheaton Regional, and George Wallace did quite well in Montgomery County when he ran for President.<BR/><BR/>So watch who you call backward and a hick.<BR/><BR/>BTW I am from New Jersey and we had our own problems up there during that era.rtsindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17732950848044059264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-45066055193406787362007-08-18T00:17:00.000-04:002007-08-18T00:17:00.000-04:00b said...<BR/><BR/> I'm cool, after a few glasses of beer or wine, I become a poor man's Hunter S Thompson. It is this culture of 1 hand on the wheel, 1 hand on the cell, mentallity that I hate.<BR/><BR/>RE: Then it is time for you to migrate back to Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi or whatever rural country hick southern town you came from..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-60951826776797464102007-08-18T00:14:00.000-04:002007-08-18T00:14:00.000-04:00b said...<BR/><BR/> xho...well damn, I was just trying to support the Purple Line as I belive in public transit. anonymous, kill whitey? I am white,not that it has anything to do with public transit. And I'm not an idiot, an opinionated, hard drinking, SOB, ok, but I am not an idiot. I've sat 3 hours on Golden State 5 in LA, now I curse the bus for being late.<BR/><BR/>RE: Montgomery County has nothing to do with LA since LA is the Second Largest Region in the Country..........<BR/><BR/> b said...<BR/><BR/> I don't mean to offend, I just miss the 50's when the air tasted good & fresh.<BR/><BR/>RE: You mean when the Colored aka African Americans were told by the White Man what side of town they have to stay in and if they didn't they would be tortured and lynch like Emmett Till........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-40661714775843228952007-08-17T21:27:00.000-04:002007-08-17T21:27:00.000-04:00I'm cool, after a few glasses of beer or wine, I become a poor man's Hunter S Thompson. It is this culture of 1 hand on the wheel, 1 hand on the cell, mentallity that I hate.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-83803004811144784092007-08-17T17:16:00.000-04:002007-08-17T17:16:00.000-04:00b,<BR/><BR/>Your are right, Race has nothing to do with it. That is the reason I made a bad attempt at tongue in cheek sarcasm when you said "(I forgot, freeways don't run thru white neighborhoods)."<BR/><BR/>Bad attempt at absurd humor.<BR/><BR/>By the way there are more than a few minority NIMBY's that live along the routeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-13370362838494956932007-08-17T16:21:00.000-04:002007-08-17T16:21:00.000-04:00xho...well damn, I was just trying to support the Purple Line as I belive in public transit. anonymous, kill whitey? I am white,not that it has anything to do with public transit. And I'm not an idiot, an opinionated, hard drinking, SOB, ok, but I am not an idiot. I've sat 3 hours on Golden State 5 in LA, now I curse the bus for being late. I don't mean to offend, I just miss the 50's when the air tasted good & fresh.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-67703372311380495072007-08-17T07:06:00.000-04:002007-08-17T07:06:00.000-04:00Well .. isn't it logical to think -- that if the Purple Line is going to take traffic off some of the roads, then a person who lives in the New Carrollton area, in one of the more exclusive Prince Georges County neighborhood, who currently maynot want to deal with all the traffic will say to themselves..."Hmmm now that there is less traffic on the road(since everyone is using the Purple Line, maybe I will drive my big gas guzzling auto and go to Bethesda for lunch...:<BR/><BR/>"Let the peons take public transportaion I don't have to."<BR/><BR/>And of course the developers will try to lasso in some of that business on the Purple Line-- so Purple Line equals more development and more development equals more traffic and it goes and it goes and it goes.....rtsindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17732950848044059264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-47178956692671609762007-08-16T23:49:00.000-04:002007-08-16T23:49:00.000-04:00b said...<BR/><BR/> As someone who refuses to own a car, I ride Metro & Ride-On. I also bike to work and on the Capitol Crescent Trail. I have no problem sharing the trail with mass-transit. Trains are my friend as a bicyclist, because every passanger on the Metro is one less person polluting my air, and cutting me off, driving while talking on a cell, as I bike home to Silver Spring, up Georgia Ave.<BR/><BR/>RE: Suppose its raining and you lose control of your bike and get run over by the light rail, will you brush your nasty bruises and continue to preach to the wall about how safe riding bikes are compared to riding in a automobile.................<BR/><BR/> b said...<BR/><BR/> These NIMBY's should be worried about "The Connector". (I forgot, freeways don't run thru white neighborhoods).<BR/><BR/>RE: WOW!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>The 40 Lane Springfield Mixing Bowl, The Dulles Greenway, the Fairfax and Prince William County Parkways run ALL through the African American and Latino Neighborhoods.<BR/><BR/>Next thing ya know they will be renaming I-395 in Arlington/Alexandria The New Jersey Turnpike and I-66 in Falls Church/Arlington The Cross Bronx Expressway via Theodore Roosevelt Bridge aka George Washington Bridge............<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, the tax dollars are lacking in the use of funding for more Mental Psycho Hospitals.........<BR/><BR/> b said...<BR/><BR/>But, the added traffic will impact the trail more than a light rail train. 100 trains a day vs 100,000 cars a day.<BR/><BR/>RE: Said the same BS about the Red Line Extension to Shady Grove will take cars off of I-270 and MD 355, now wheres the proof in the Facts Bucket..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-73851907453178136032007-08-16T23:30:00.000-04:002007-08-16T23:30:00.000-04:00Sligo said...<BR/><BR/> We could always use the money from the purple line to pay people not to come to work.<BR/><BR/>RE: Nah, use the money to build a Mental Institution that will house those anti-growth psycho maniacs....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-46199944629089444552007-08-16T23:27:00.000-04:002007-08-16T23:27:00.000-04:00rtsind said...<BR/><BR/> Perhaps the County should halt anymore development in the bethesda-Silver Spring area-- more corporations only encourage more jobs- which lead to more congestion.<BR/><BR/> The County should start to encourage corporations to develop outside of these two areas, and work in conjunction with Prince Georges County to encourage business in their county .<BR/><BR/> Montgomery County could also encourage some of the corporations in Bethesda-Silvr Spring, to open up satellite offices in less congested areas(again Prince Georges County and the outlaying areas off of Rt.29)- doing so- these corporations can then transfer their Prince Georges and Charles County and even Howard County employees to these satellite offices and off of Montgomery County roads.<BR/><BR/> Ask yourselves- if we have a lot of traffic coming from the New Carrollton area- why not encourage that traffic to work closer to home. <BR/><BR/>RE: The only way that will happen is when Montgomery County get Political Leaders that have the Northern Virginia mindset by supporting Corporate Business/Retail Growth along major corridors and Open Space.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-11441357088745778282007-08-16T21:58:00.000-04:002007-08-16T21:58:00.000-04:00anonymous you are a retard. One day Woodside will be the next Chevy Chase. I also support undergrounding the line through Silver Spring if it is built. The segment past Silver Spring was never intended and has no route established and will destroy many lovely neighborhoods there in the name of greater density for Bethesda and Silver Spring (and more traffic there too). By phasing he Purple Line we can build the only part that is in accordance with the master plan underground and build the rest at another date when finding is available.Sanjaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-92007305986249401042007-08-16T18:55:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:55:00.000-04:00oubzxdb,<BR/><BR/>Your words have exposed you as the idiot you are. The ICC will not create traffic it will help prevent current traffic from polluting while stuck in PARK on jammed streets. And until your mass transit starts delivering food to the stores we will need highways to transport goods. Oh yeah "kill whitey".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-86109164183374060722007-08-16T18:30:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:30:00.000-04:00As someone who refuses to own a car, I ride Metro & Ride-On. I also bike to work and on the Capitol Crescent Trail. I have no problem sharing the trail with mass-transit. Trains are my friend as a bicyclist, because every passanger on the Metro is one less person polluting my air, and cutting me off, driving while talking on a cell, as I bike home to Silver Spring, up Georgia Ave.<BR/>These NIMBY's should be worried about "The Connector". (I forgot, freeways don't run thru white neighborhoods).But, the added traffic will impact the trail more than a light rail train. 100 trains a day vs 100,000 cars a day.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-71223867241660204042007-08-16T14:40:00.000-04:002007-08-16T14:40:00.000-04:00We could always use the money from the purple line to pay people not to come to work.Sligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-59720987073742125692007-08-16T12:34:00.000-04:002007-08-16T12:34:00.000-04:00Perhaps the County should halt anymore development in the bethesda-Silver Spring area-- more corporations only encourage more jobs- which lead to more congestion.<BR/><BR/> The County should start to encourage corporations to develop outside of these two areas, and work in conjunction with Prince Georges County to encourage business in their county .<BR/><BR/>Montgomery County could also encourage some of the corporations in Bethesda-Silvr Spring, to open up satellite offices in less congested areas(again Prince Georges County and the outlaying areas off of Rt.29)- doing so- these corporations can then transfer their Prince Georges and Charles County and even Howard County employees to these satellite offices and off of Montgomery County roads.<BR/><BR/>Ask yourselves- if we have a lot of traffic coming from the New Carrollton area- why not encourage that traffic to work closer to home.rtsindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17732950848044059264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-50001548066004964622007-08-16T08:05:00.000-04:002007-08-16T08:05:00.000-04:00At last, an honest statement of the reasons for opposition to the Purple Line:<BR/><BR/>"the area is home to the elite of Montgomery County and Washington" so it needs to be put underground for the benefit of the "lovely neighborhoods" that are so different from "those surrounding Silver Spring".<BR/><BR/>How to pay for it? "drop the segment past Silver Spring"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-58892579405061050122007-08-16T02:10:00.000-04:002007-08-16T02:10:00.000-04:00Twenty-five years ago, the neighborhoods bordering the Georgetown Branch looked more like those surrounding Silver Spring (esp Woodside). Today the area is home to the elite of Montgomery County and Washington. There never was significant service on the former rail line and trains are quaint if they pass by once a week instead of every 20 minutes like proposed on the Purple Line. Today the rail has been ripped out and a wonderful trail put in place. THis has converted a transportation corridor to a recreational corridor and to see it revert to a transportation corridor is now impossible, unless the Purple Line is undergrounded. What would be acceptable aboveground is a single track line that runs no more than once every hour. Or drop the segment past Silver Spring and build Metro, not light rail. At $350 million a mile that wouldn't be much if Downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring are charged a special property tax. As it stangs now, taxpayers will foot the bill for a second-rate trolley line that will destroy lovely neighborhoods and beautiful linear open space/trail and will only benefit commerical property owners in Bethesda and Silver Spring. That sounds like a pretty sour deal to me. Lets build a world-class transportation system that is compatible with existing Metro.Sanjaynoreply@blogger.com