Comments on: Just in from Virginia Beach Vision… http://smartregion.org/2009/11/just-in-from-virginia-beach-vision/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Reid Greenmun http://smartregion.org/2009/11/just-in-from-virginia-beach-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Reid Greenmun Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:52:01 +0000 http://smartregion.org/?p=2566#comment-1305 Okay ... yet the 6 or 7 MPO "projects" aren't the right solution and Visions simply focuses on increasing taxes to raise more money. What would anyone expect from a business lobby that was a member of the voter REJECTED YES Campain? What is needed is a better regional plan that is not only AFFORDABLE (realistic) but is also going to REDUCE COMMUTER TRAFFIC CONGESTION for the locals stuck paying the bills. The "regional agenda" has been hyjacted for far too long by special interest groups like "Visions" and has FAILED to honestly and objectively involve the local taxpayers in the true decision-making process. Even the most recent changes lead by Dwight Farmer FAIL to honestly respect and invite non-special interest and informed citizens to the decision-making tabel. In the end, all-appointed government decision-making is a LARGE part of the problem, not the solution. The "regional" deck remains stacked in favor of the Port loby and special interests - and against taxpayers and locals. Okay … yet the 6 or 7 MPO “projects” aren’t the right solution and Visions simply focuses on increasing taxes to raise more money. What would anyone expect from a business lobby that was a member of the voter REJECTED YES Campain?

What is needed is a better regional plan that is not only AFFORDABLE (realistic) but is also going to REDUCE COMMUTER TRAFFIC CONGESTION for the locals stuck paying the bills.

The “regional agenda” has been hyjacted for far too long by special interest groups like “Visions” and has FAILED to honestly and objectively involve the local taxpayers in the true decision-making process.

Even the most recent changes lead by Dwight Farmer FAIL to honestly respect and invite non-special interest and informed citizens to the decision-making tabel.

In the end, all-appointed government decision-making is a LARGE part of the problem, not the solution.

The “regional” deck remains stacked in favor of the Port loby and special interests – and against taxpayers and locals.

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