Politics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HAn7DvTbI

Councilwoman Ervin, Of course you want the Silver Spring Transit Center to be safe. So do we, the public. With all due respect, Councilwoman Ervin, how do you KNOW that that the SSTC is safe?

We've heard Montgomery County's side. Mr. Dise also speaks for WMATA, another member of "the team". Is Mr. Dise completely impartial? Should those of us who may use the SSTC and those of us who have paid for the SSTC through fares, user fees and taxes trust assessments of the SSTC's structural worthiness and cost-effective maintainability by those who "have a dog in the fight"?

An INDEPENDENT investigation of the structural worthiness and maintenance costs by experts not paid for by Montgomery County, WMATA, or any other party that "has a dog in the fight" (including the State of Maryland) is needed. More than half of the funding for the SSTC comes from FEDERAL funds. The public deserves an INDEPENDENT investigation, not one conducted by or paid for by parties involved to-date in planning, securing funding, approval, oversight, design, construction, inspection/testing or any other aspect of the SSTC.