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Posted on 02/20/2006 6:48:27 AM PST by iceskater
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If Virginia has some of the best roads, then why is the General Assembly bent on raising our taxes to deal with roads??????
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:48:28 AM PST
by
iceskater
To: iceskater
Ohio among best roads??? That surprised me. Although I'd agree PA is worst.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:49:08 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: iceskater; Mudboy Slim; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; AdSimp; society-by-contract; ...
Richmond ping.
Ammunition for your General Assembly reps to NOT RAISE TAXES for roads!
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:49:43 AM PST
by
iceskater
("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Kipling)
To: iceskater
i live in pa and can't imagine any other state's roads being much worse.
To: RockinRight
I've never driven in Ohio so I wouldn't know from personal experience. I definitely agree about PA.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:50:55 AM PST
by
iceskater
("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Kipling)
To: iceskater
The worst automobile drivers are in California, followed by Illinois and New York. How they left out Massachusetts is beyond me. And Upstate New York drivers are far better than those in the metro NYC area.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:51:26 AM PST
by
Cagey
("Soldiers, keep by your officers. For God's sake, keep by your officers!")
To: iceskater
I will admit Ohio's roads have gotten better the last few years, but I didn't think in any way we'd be in the top five. The Ohio Turnpike, especially, has improved.
PA Turnpike is just horrible though.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:03 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: iceskater
Pennsylvania has a 3.07% income tax, a 6% sales tax, an 18% excise tax on booze, and a ton of toll roads yet the state still never has enough money to build quality roads.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:10 AM PST
by
jbenedic2
(Nothing new for the New York Times)
To: iceskater
Before I read the article I'll opine that Penn should be the worst. Now to the article.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:24 AM PST
by
gate2wire
To: iceskater
Whatever happened to the "Dixie Die Way" running past Ft. Know from Luisville? Would have been at the top of my list, closely followed by the Schuykill ["surekill] Expressway in Philly.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:45 AM PST
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: iceskater
Kalifornicate should be in 1st place for the WORST roads, not 5th place...
It criminal what they call "roads" here....
I've seen cattle paths that were smoother.
Semper Fi
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:45 AM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Cagey
Don't forget New Jersey drivers - they are the worst of the bunch!
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:51 AM PST
by
jbenedic2
(Nothing new for the New York Times)
To: iceskater
I cannot believe that Michigan is not in the bottom five.
Coming back from out of state, you can always tell when you hit the Michigan line... "thump, thump, BUMP, thump, thump"
To: iceskater
I-80 in the west of Pennsylvania is great. Yes, I said great.
But in the Poconos, it's a nasty-ass crumbling joke.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:52:59 AM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: iceskater
How is it even remotely possible that Illinois is not on the list of worst roads?
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:53:01 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: iceskater
Interesting to see where Wisconsin falls. There's always a road construction project going on in my part of the state...
We have a pay-to-play governor who's in bed with the road building and pro-ethanol mandate lobbies.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:53:13 AM PST
by
rzeznikj at stout
(This is a darkroom. Keep the door closed or you'll let all the dark out...)
To: Mr. Brightside
oops... there they are on the list.
I knew they had to be.
To: iceskater
I live in Pittsburgh, and though I don't know anything first-hand, I'm convinced that highway construction is completely mobbed up in PA. The primary evidence, in my book, is not just the badness of the roads: it's the fact that so many of them have been continuously under construction since oh, at least 1979.
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:53:41 AM PST
by
Shalom Israel
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
To: iceskater
I'm surprised Virginia made #5 in that survey. Our roads are pretty good, but I've seen better (Georgia, for one). And Ohio made #4? What are those truckers smoking?
Where Virginia does need work is Interstate rest facilities. There's stretches of I-81 where there's 110+ miles between rest areas. And what rest areas there are, compared to other states, are horrible; small, cramped, dirty, falling apart.
But they need to squeeze us for $4 billion to pave over yet more of the DC suburbs. Right.
}:-)4
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:54:14 AM PST
by
Moose4
("I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword/In defense of this land and the word of the Lord")
To: jbenedic2
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posted on
02/20/2006 6:54:27 AM PST
by
MAWG
(In the shadows, on permanent ambush duty.)
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