NPR story on streetcar systems

[Susana Dancy]

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/12/133682892/all-american-streetcar-boom-fuels-an-urban-future

[Dan Jewell]

All -

The following link was included in a blog posting to the Bull City Rising
story last week on the Durham Downtown BID.

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8643

I simply throw it out here to see what kind of discussion it might spark

Dan

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[Susana Dancy]

Anything written by Randall O'Toole or associated with uber-right-wing, laissez faire Cato Institute should be viewed with great skepticism.  O'Toole has been playing loose with his "facts" for a long time.  For example, he calls TIFs (Tax Increment Financing) a subsidy, when it is not; it is a financing tool in which actual tax revenues pay for infrastructure improvements.

Here's a response to O'Toole's tired argument, dating back to 2007!

http://www.lightrailnow.org/myths/m_por_2007-10a.htm

I might have to respond to the bullcityrising post.  I hate doing that.

Susana

[Kevin Davis]

FWIW, it wasn't the post itself that credited O'Toole, but one of my regular commenters' Google searchin'.  I tend to cringe at studies whose sources rhyme with "Cato," "Locke" or "Heritage."

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[Dan Jewell]

Good story.  I’ll breathe easier.

 

Dan

[Dan Jewell]

Kevin –

 

Yes, thanks for the clarification.  The infamous “Green Lantern”.

 

I’m still trying to figure out if there’s any consistency in doctrine to his posts, other than as a contrarian.

 

Dan

 

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FWIW, it wasn't the post itself that credited O'Toole, but one of my regular commenters' Google searchin'.  I tend to cringe at studies whose sources rhyme with "Cato," "Locke" or "Heritage."