The 2017 General Political discussion thread, Part 2!

[indiucky]

Nah, the real reason is the upity historical society’s zealotry. There’s a historical mansion setting in the way of where the proposed East end corridor would go.

It had less to do with the "historical" aspect and more to do with the "name" of who owned that mansion.......It's amazing how much pull five families have had in that town since before the Civil War....

 

[jamil]

I assume this is the bridge at the east end of the Louisville/Jeffersonville loop near the port facility and not the new bridge in parallel with the old one on 65.

Yes. It extends from the Gene Snyder on the east end, through the tunnel, and then across the new bridge into Indiana. As far as where to build a road through there, that’s the least populated route to build it. Mostly because that property takes up 50 acres.

Thing is, KY bought the property in 2012 for $8M, way more than it’s worth by the way, for right of way. The historical society got it registered on the list of historical properties, so then the state couldn’t put the highway through it. So then they tunneled under it, which really added a lot of unnecessary costs to the project.

Oh. And KY just sold the property on auction for something like $1.3M. So on top of having to spend a couple hundred million extra on the tunnel, there went another $7M down the ****ter.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Yes. It extends from the Gene Snyder on the east end, through the tunnel, and then across the new bridge into Indiana. As far as where to build a road through there, that’s the least populated route to build it. Mostly because that property takes up 50 acres.

Thing is, KY bought the property in 2012 for $8M, way more than it’s worth by the way, for right of way. The historical society got it registered on the list of historical properties, so then the state couldn’t put the highway through it. So then they tunneled under it, which really added a lot of unnecessary costs to the project.

Oh. And KY just sold the property on auction for something like $1.3M. So on top of having to spend a couple hundred million extra on the tunnel, there went another $7M down the ****ter.

The stupid! It burns! With 50 acres, you would think they could have managed to go around the house horizontally rather than vertically.

 

[1DOWN4UP]

I am getting in late on this conversation.You all are talking about the 65 toll bridge right?

 

[ghitch75]

George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down | Fox News Insider

 

[Kutnupe14]

George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down | Fox News Insider

There's only one man, in the flesh, that should be honored in the church. Put the plaque on the wall outside. I would call this Insane Justice. I don't really think this belongs in this thread.

 

[hoosierdoc]

There's only one man, in the flesh, that should be honored in the church. Put the plaque on the wall outside. I would call this Insane Justice. I don't really think this belongs in this thread.

The church is a congregation and recorder of history. I don't mind a plaque of great people associated with it. By your reasoning the Catholic Church violates all sort of issues, which I agree with you on.

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;LaDg_wSozvc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDg_wSozvc[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

Someone giving a President the "finger" is news?
No one has EVER done that before?

Woman Gives Trump The Middle Finger After Following Motorcade on a Bicycle

 

[ghitch75]

drip drip drip........

Gowdy slams Mueller team over leaks about charges in Trump-Russia probe | Fox News

 

[Kutnupe14]

drip drip drip........

Gowdy slams Mueller team over leaks about charges in Trump-Russia probe | Fox News

So if I'm getting this straight, the complaint is that it was released that Mueller's investigation has led to a pending indictment? And somehow Mueller is in violation of the law because of that? That really sounds like desperation, and on the face of it doesn't make any sense.

 

[ghitch75]

from the link....“Make no mistake, disclosing grand jury material is a violation of the law. Somebody violated their oath of secrecy,” Gowdy, a South Carolina lawmaker and former federal prosecutor, also told Fox News on Sunday.


sounds that way to me...

 

[Kutnupe14]

from the link....“Make no mistake, disclosing grand jury material is a violation of the law. Somebody violated their oath of secrecy,” Gowdy, a South Carolina lawmaker and former federal prosecutor, also told Fox News on Sunday.


sounds that way to me...

And exactly how is it known that the Mueller Team disclosed this information? And the information, again, being that there is a pending indictment of someone?

Kut (has a really hard time seeing how and why this is an issue)

 

[ghitch75]

the man is in charge and it is his job to keep all the leaks plugged....

 

[Kutnupe14]

the man is in charge and it is his job to keep all the leaks plugged....

Yeah, if the leaks originate from his team sure... If Trey has proof that it was Mueller's team that released these leaks then have at it. But this information most assuredly passed through several different hands...starting first with Rosenstein. The Democrats can equally question if Rosenstein didn't give his bosses a "heads up" and the person we both know to be a serial leaker, the President, didn't himself have this info released. That's the type of games that can be played with this type of nonsense.

 

[Leadeye]

Maybe the game plan was to give notice of the unspecific indictment Friday and see who's law firm contacted Mueller's team over the weekend feeling out the possibility of a deal.

Certainly provides drama for big media.

Guess we'll find out when they announce the names.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Someone giving a President the "finger" is news?
No one has EVER done that before?

Woman Gives Trump The Middle Finger After Following Motorcade on a Bicycle

I know. I never got a whisper of press attention on any of the occasions on which I posted that Obama is a stupid MFSB and she makes national news for a gesture?

 

[BugI02]

If I'm right property tax usually goes to pay for local services such as schools but fire and police. All of which have more to do with where your property is located so associating this to your property actually makes sense. Sales Tax typically goes to the state and not local services.

I must agree. I live in an attractive suburb with many amenities. I encounter arrivistes pretty regularly who have an insufficient understanding of how much the quality of the school system underpins the value/desirability of their house

I can only infer that they are overly aspirational and stretched so far financially to move up that they see the property tax necessary to live here as burdensome, but they do exhibit the outward trappings of wealth (number and brand of vehicles, designer clothing etc)

Cue Lord Darlington

 

[Kutnupe14]

I know. I never got a whisper of press attention on any of the occasions on which I posted that Obama is a stupid MFSB and she makes national news for a gesture?

Needed to up the ante. By that time hanging an effigy from a tree was the thing to do.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Maybe the game plan was to give notice of the unspecific indictment Friday and see who's law firm contacted Mueller's team over the weekend feeling out the possibility of a deal.

Certainly provides drama for big media.

Guess we'll find out when they announce the names.

No, the game plan was to tell the public the investigation is getting results so trump can't shut down the fiasco.

months and months of nothing and then a leak of charges the same week mueller is found to be tainted and the Dems/Hillary created the dossier that led to the prosecutor in the first place. Come on.