tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post9108357045715612854..comments2023-12-19T21:26:52.930-08:00Comments on Upper Left: Thanks a hundred and sixty one million…Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-45062600281816576842010-12-09T21:39:44.812-08:002010-12-09T21:39:44.812-08:00Public employee unions don't get much of the w...Public employee unions don't get much of the work from projects like these - they typically go to private contractors through competetive bidding. It's not the kind of work the CCC did for the most part, either. If your case is that Chris Gregiore's not a big fan of contracting out the jobs of organized public workers to private sector scabs (as opposed to jobs on public works, a different matter altogether), well, that's to her credit in my book.Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-29462569890333455252010-12-09T20:27:33.463-08:002010-12-09T20:27:33.463-08:00Riding a choo-choo, down the middle of I5, at 75 m...Riding a choo-choo, down the middle of I5, at 75 mph, might make the investment worth the money. It would be nice if someone got work out of it other than the usual suspects: public employee unions. <br /><br />Likely, the work projects connected with so-called High Speed Transit won't be akin to the old Civilian Conservation Corps; come what may. But maybe they could open up the door to the General Public a bit more than the current governor is known to do.Terry Parkhursthttp://automatter.typepad.com/my_weblog/noreply@blogger.com