Comments on: Light Rail Around the United States http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Joe Dexter http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/comment-page-1/#comment-66641 Joe Dexter Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:09:24 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/#comment-66641 The Maryland revenue package passed by the special session augments the Transportation Trust Fund and is expected to ensure a commitment of funds for Preliminary Engineering of the Purple Line. Hopefully Governor O'Malley will have more to say about this soon. The Maryland revenue package passed by the special session augments the Transportation Trust Fund and is expected to ensure a commitment of funds for Preliminary Engineering of the Purple Line. Hopefully Governor O’Malley will have more to say about this soon.

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]]> By: lake dallas | Popular Urls http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/comment-page-1/#comment-58869 lake dallas | Popular Urls Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:30:46 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/#comment-58869 [...] Light Rail Around the United States [...] [...] Light Rail Around the United States [...]

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]]> By: Sin V http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/comment-page-1/#comment-58828 Sin V Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:02:35 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/#comment-58828 My apologies to all. I actually grew up in a rather rough part of PG County (not far from campus). Arguments were generally settled with fists rather than words. Where I grew up, if you called someone an idiot you had better be ready to back it up. Although I now live with the more genteel W. Montgomery County folks, I sometimes still have that chip on my shoulder that I picked up as a child. Thanks for reminding me that this should be a forum for high-minded concepts, not petty name-calling. Does anyone have information on how the newly passed Maryland tax legislation will affect transportation funding? My apologies to all. I actually grew up in a rather rough part of PG County (not far from campus). Arguments were generally settled with fists rather than words. Where I grew up, if you called someone an idiot you had better be ready to back it up.

Although I now live with the more genteel W. Montgomery County folks, I sometimes still have that chip on my shoulder that I picked up as a child.

Thanks for reminding me that this should be a forum for high-minded concepts, not petty name-calling.

Does anyone have information on how the newly passed Maryland tax legislation will affect transportation funding?

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]]> By: Rob Goodspeed http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/comment-page-1/#comment-58596 Rob Goodspeed Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:30:27 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/#comment-58596 Dear David, Sin, and the other readers: When I read this comment thread, I was saddened. Our differing views about light rail aside, the conversation has taken on an angry and confrontational tone. Not only does this result in unnecessarily inflamed emotions, it also discourages others from participating and replicates the real-world pettiness and bitterness I would hope to transcend. The mission of this website to construct a space for constructive public dialogue is more important than any one issue. If you don't shape up, I will be forced to implement strategies used on other public forums with these problems: requiring everyone use their real names and limiting comments to one per day per user. Dear David, Sin, and the other readers:

When I read this comment thread, I was saddened. Our differing views about light rail aside, the conversation has taken on an angry and confrontational tone. Not only does this result in unnecessarily inflamed emotions, it also discourages others from participating and replicates the real-world pettiness and bitterness I would hope to transcend.

The mission of this website to construct a space for constructive public dialogue is more important than any one issue.

If you don’t shape up, I will be forced to implement strategies used on other public forums with these problems: requiring everyone use their real names and limiting comments to one per day per user.

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]]> By: Sin V http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/comment-page-1/#comment-58438 Sin V Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:33:30 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/512/#comment-58438 Point received. Point received.

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