tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16945570.post816409909201819254..comments2007-07-27T17:10:36.037-07:00Comments on VICTORIA TAFT: Planning Poohbahs Propose Moving Sauvie Island Bri...Victoria Taft, 5pm-8pm KPAM 860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16945570.post-28038189896344589192007-07-27T17:10:00.000-07:002007-07-27T17:10:00.000-07:002007-07-27T17:10:00.000-07:00In my post above, I said that Tommy Potter would i...In my post above, I said that Tommy Potter would impose some kind of tax to pay for this thing. I should have included the City Council in this And, here is the important thing: Such a tax would be shoved down the throats of the people of Portland WITHOUT those people being allowed to vote on it. As I stated above, the stink of Tommy the Tyrant and the Toadies is all over this.Scottiebillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554361011951413954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16945570.post-44523389828551975832007-07-27T17:04:00.000-07:002007-07-27T17:04:00.000-07:002007-07-27T17:04:00.000-07:00With the cost of two 100-ton cranes to lift the br...With the cost of two 100-ton cranes to lift the bridge from its footings and to set it back in place over I-405, the cost of the trucking company to move it those 8 or 10 miles, the cost of two or maybe three flag cars, the cost of building the new footings and approaches at the new location, the various building and hauling permits, the labor costs for all the laborers needed at either end of Scottiebillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554361011951413954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16945570.post-83581723054369858332007-07-23T11:40:00.000-07:002007-07-23T11:40:00.000-07:002007-07-23T11:40:00.000-07:00Earl BlumenauerEarl BlumenauerVictoria Tafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566635810544426855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16945570.post-36029255403067192192007-07-22T22:20:00.000-07:002007-07-22T22:20:00.000-07:002007-07-22T22:20:00.000-07:00I wonder what the toll will be on the bridge to he...I wonder what the toll will be on the bridge to help pay for moving it?Why shouldn't they pay a toll as well like they are talking doing to build a new I-5 new bridge?Do I hear bicyclists and pedrestrains crying foul over their having to pay a toll on a bridge only they can use, if inacted?Lew Watershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06422249750094117697noreply@blogger.com