ATTENTION
To: Montgomery County MD executive and council
The public doesn't get it--no thanks to you or to the news media.
When elected officials from a local jurisdiction, e.g. Montgomery County MD, pick their political cronies for government contracts, and taxpayers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and US territories "pick up the freight", e.g. Silver Spring Transit Center (53% federal funding), then you and your political cronies better perform perfectly. Clearly, such is not the case with the severely flawed, over-budget and overdue Silver Spring Transit Center.
Maybe some day the public will get it (no thanks to you or to the news media) and when a government contract given to a political crony(ies) results in a "monumental debacle", e.g. the Silver Spring Transit Center, then taxpayers from coast to coast will, like me, object loudly, clearly and in numbers.
cc:
local Washington DC news media (print, TV, radio, internet)
WMATA
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Foulger Pratt
Balter Co.
dedication plaque
Silver Spring Transit Center
aka Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center
Silver Spring Transit Center
Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center
Montgomery County MD
public-private partnership
crony capitalism
WMATA
Maryland Transit Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Gov. Hogan
Purple Line
Purple Line
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