The Washington Post reported today that the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has started a $2 million project to re-pave and "spruce up" a large stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in time for the January inauguration of Jobama or Pain, as I've taken to calling the two presidential tickets (trademark pending).
The kicker: the road doesn't need re-paving. Not a pothole in sight. But DDOT says
All the cosmetic surgery in the world won't make you a princess, just deluded and a little fucked up, like the DC government.
Seriously? $2 million to pave a road that doesn't need paving? At a time when gasoline prices are on the rise and global warming is drowning polar bears, our scarce transportation dollars should go toward making it easier for people to take public transit. Instead, the DC government spends $2 million to Botox a road.
In the meantime, the DC Metro system, alone among major
I guess the DC government is guessing (correctly) that the pomp of the Inauguration will serve as a bright, shiny object to distract people attending the festivities or watching them on the TV from DC's reality: under-performing public schools, rampant child poverty, violent crime, and glut of political hack douchebags. Oh, and that taxation without representation thing.
But the pavement is so beautiful!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Nothing communicates prosperity like fresh asphalt
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