Wow, crappy crist is really going to run this up our rear no matter how much we don't want it. The State has forgotten who works for whom. Anybody got any ideas how to stop it?

Trade it to Big Sugar for their 186,000 acres.

outsource the state of florida government

“We have no idea (if that’s true),” Commissioner Donna Fiala said, “because they are keeping everything secret.”

“They’re not listening to what anyone’s saying.”

From the mouths of babes!.....................
Who would have thought government could get so out of hand. My My My

It is time to vote out all encumbents!!!

We need a government of the people for the people!!!

It maybe isn't, but it ought to be "about the slew of opposition voiced by Southwest Florida residents and legislators."

And whatever is discussed in secret certainly is not done in good faith.

The state is letting us down in so many irresponsible ways, first by cutting taxes so much that it cannot fund schools or roads.

Second, by abdicating its democratic responsibility to represent the people.

The Florida Department of Transportation has become so arrogant that they have forgotten that they are the tail, not the dog.

Once we find out who the state is selling it to, Arabs or Spaniards or whoever, we should make the buyer rue the day. And the Tallahassee state employees, from Crist on down, should be expelled. If we're so strapped that we cannot pay school custodians and have to outsource the Alley, where did they get all the money from to buy out Florida Sugar?

I'd say they've broken faith.

What a surprise! Actually, as transparent as the scheme is shallow. Looks like Charlie's minons finally caught on to the political damage this was doing to his VP aspirations -- if there is anything left to salvage. I'm sure the plan is to bring this scam back after the election.

So if the opposition groups are smart, and I know at least one of them is, then this is actually good news. They've been seeking some law school classes to take this on as a project -- and this isn't a good time to find assembled masses of budding lawyers anxious to score a big one even before passing the bar.

This is every law student's dream, and the sale of Alligator Alley, a road with no safe alternatives for those lacking the funds to pay excessive tolls, is prime for dissection, innovation, and hopefully court action. If nothing else, the effort will help feed a political firestorm that will send the Tallahassee crowd scurrying for cover. It's a rare political issue that has so much appeal across party lines.

So while the bureaucrats are undoubtedly high-fivin' one another at having once again pulled a fast one on the stupid public -- this highly predictable 'delay' is actually a gift from heaven for those who live to see this relegated to the dustbin of the 10 worst ideas of the century.

They cannot even get the proposals right, can you imagine how this will be when they try to run the road?????

Start calling:

http://myflorida.com/taxonomy/governm...

It's our fault. We vote for politicians who tout "less government" and this is what we get.

Thrown in the mix are massive deregulation and tax cuts, failing infrastructure, insurance gouging, unbalanced health care, unregulated utilities and energy trading, tainted food, deadly and cost inflated pharmaceuticals, substandard education (FL is last in funding and scoring - Mississippi used to hold that position, how embarrassing for the fourth most populated state), corporate mergers eliminating competition and many more.

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty".
Thomas Jefferson

What's to study?

You own something.

To make money you lease it out for a profit.

But you need to use it so you rent it back at a profit for the person or group who you leased it to.

IT IS COMMON SENSE! Any person with any experience in earning and spending money can see this is a bad idea financially.

But lets face it money is power. And the "system" (re: gub'mint) is much happier with us having less and them having more.

Heck they are jacking around with oil prices so much that soon we won't even be able to afford the courtesy of lube before yelling "BOHICA!!" (Bend Over Here It Comes Again) when the system sticks it to us as usual.

Here's a good one. Where the f**k are all of those "Civil Rights" advocates now? The ones that ALWAYS pop up and claim they are doing good for all people?

You can bet that if this affected primarily a specific group of minorities that La Raza or Jackson or Sharpton would be out making speeches and smoozing the camera's right now. But since this affects all people equally, and might actually unite us for a while (the people against the government), it must not be worth their time.

Here you have a person in government saying point blank that regardless of what the people think they are going ahead anyway and not one of those groups seems to feel anyones civil rights are being violated?

If the Alley is such a money loser for us then why not just raise the toll by $0.25 per vehicle?

DOT and the other groups ARE listening to people just not the ones who actually paid for the building and maintaining of the Alley.

If this goes thru,,, why cant we Demand, that our local yes men< <gub'mint,good name Neal,,>>,install Warning Signs at the SR 951 exit,detouring traffic to the Tamiami Trail,a "Toll Free" road,,theres other ways to the East coast,that are all toll free too,,,the starting toll is $10.00 ?? and it Will go up,,,also theres several chemicals that eat the heck out of blacktop,,i wonder just how bad the "winner" will want it ,once its covered in potholes, and paying out Millions in claims, and eventually leasing an 80 mile pothole? what do you call a foreign owned country? """"BOHICA!!" (Bend Over Here It Comes Again)""" i hope ya dont mind me borrowing these parts of your post Neal,,,,,,

"...will start the process over for amassing interest in Alligator Alley". i'm believing that the opposition to this has uped the bid.

Help yourself Bullbat. I learned the "BOHICA" from my wife and stole it from her anyways.

lolo, thanks neal,and thank your wife for me, thats a perfect description for all stages of g'ment,,,lol,,,,