Comments on: Derailing the South Coast economy http://www.goal1.org/archives/2007/10/08/1377/ Discussions about energy, climate change, land use, and our communities Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: rand dawson http://www.goal1.org/archives/2007/10/08/1377/comment-page-1/#comment-15 rand dawson Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:36:35 +0000 http://www.goal1.org/onetownsquare/2007/10/1377/#comment-15 nice post...but wdnt hurt to footnote fact the parent company has squillions...raised 3 billion in financing this year, 80 million in stock dividends and had over (Im trying to recall) 124$million in income (net) this quarter --otherwise the impression floats that maybe...just maybe...the state or public shd pay for this....in fact...your final closing implies that.... this isnt an issue about rational allocation of public transportation dollars...its a squeeze play...how the public transportation dollar is hijacked to serve mega-corp interests... or the corollary...how the planning structure is dysfuctional...to the extent there is a structure...(the state has given a grant to these people....my gawd) rr-- nice post…but wdnt hurt to footnote fact the parent company has squillions…raised 3 billion in financing this year, 80 million in stock dividends and had over (Im trying to recall) 124$million in income (net) this quarter –otherwise the impression floats that maybe…just maybe…the state or public shd pay for this….in fact…your final closing implies that….

this isnt an issue about rational allocation of public transportation dollars…its a squeeze play…how the public transportation dollar is hijacked to serve mega-corp interests…

or the corollary…how the planning structure is dysfuctional…to the extent there is a structure…(the state has given a grant to these people….my gawd)

rr–

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