Kasich shuns buses, trains
Published: Sun, June 26, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m.
By Ken Prendergast
Special to The Vindicator
Our dear governor sure has lots of interesting things to say. For example, he said he wants Ohioans to get on his bus or he'll run them over with it. Odd thing is, Gov. John Kasich doesn't like buses; doesn't like trains much either, as we all know. He doesn't seem to like any alternatives to driving in Ohio, except one.
The April 16, 2011, Dayton Daily News reported that the governor used the state's planes for 16 in-state, and four out-of-state trips in his first 81 days in office. It took his predecessor 13 months to equal Kasich's plane usage.
For advocates of better trains and transit, that wasn't the most telling part of that article. It was yet another memorable Kasich quote: "There is no doubt about it — I can't get to all these places if I'm not able to fly."
That begs a question: how do the rest of us travel between Ohio cities without private planes — or for that matter, without trains or buses? "Drive" is the officially sanctioned answer within the marbled halls of the State House where your government recently approved a two-year Ohio Department of Transportation budget in which 99 percent of transportation tax dollars goes to roads and highways.
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Published: Sun, June 26, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m.
By Ken Prendergast
Special to The Vindicator
Our dear governor sure has lots of interesting things to say. For example, he said he wants Ohioans to get on his bus or he'll run them over with it. Odd thing is, Gov. John Kasich doesn't like buses; doesn't like trains much either, as we all know. He doesn't seem to like any alternatives to driving in Ohio, except one.
The April 16, 2011, Dayton Daily News reported that the governor used the state's planes for 16 in-state, and four out-of-state trips in his first 81 days in office. It took his predecessor 13 months to equal Kasich's plane usage.
For advocates of better trains and transit, that wasn't the most telling part of that article. It was yet another memorable Kasich quote: "There is no doubt about it — I can't get to all these places if I'm not able to fly."
That begs a question: how do the rest of us travel between Ohio cities without private planes — or for that matter, without trains or buses? "Drive" is the officially sanctioned answer within the marbled halls of the State House where your government recently approved a two-year Ohio Department of Transportation budget in which 99 percent of transportation tax dollars goes to roads and highways.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/jun/26/kasich-shuns-buses-trains/?newswatch
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
