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Hehehehe.
And of course, you noticed the mention of Sailnet's former owner (pre-bankruptcy)? Ahhh, the good old flop-com/dot-bomb days. 
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U.S. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., issued a report listing the Wine Train among 100 stimulus projects that they derided as “silly and shortsighted” and a waste of money.
From an outsider that project would not make the top 100 "stimulus" projects that have wasted money...maybe it is really just a list of companies that failed to continue the kickbacks that seem to be demanded when a company gets taxpayers money?
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It just goes to show why you should always stay on the boat. Sailnet is STILL afloat after they all jumped into their cheap liferafts and split!
Kudos Rob.
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Hehehehe.
And of course, you noticed the mention of Sailnet's former owner (pre-bankruptcy)? Ahhh, the good old flop-com/dot-bomb days. |
Yes John, that is the real reason I posted the link because of the connection to sailnet. Not for the reason stated in the title of the post.
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$54 million really isn't that much when it comes to making a bridge. You need to hire engineers, ironworkers, foundries, truckers, dirt-movers, and ecological impact assessors. Then there are permits, rules to follow, lawyers.
It's not like you can just hire some day laborers to make you a wooden trestle for slave labor prices. Those days are long gone.
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Yes John, that is the real reason I posted the link because of the connection to sailnet. Not for the reason stated in the title of the post.
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Yeah, Caleb, I knew you'd seen it. I was just tossing that out there in the hopes more folks would read the article for the Sailnet connection than otherwise might have. Good stuff, thanks for mentioning it.
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In response to written questions, the company issued a statement saying that taxpayers were getting a “fair and reasonable” price on the project.
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The statement said that although Boyle lacked “specific construction experience,” he had “invaluable business experience” to make the Napa project a success.
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LMFAO only in lib central
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Is there no one that counts the beans in these projects?
My pet project is in Mississippi
$98,000.00
Almost 100k.
(thats a lot of Pussers, boys and girls.)
98 grand to put in DOORBELLS in a section 8 community.
48 apartments.
thats it, no doors, no safety lights, no weatherstripping, no 20 dollar hookers... just doorbells.
yea, my lil sanyo calculator says thats a hair more than
two thousand US Dollars per doorbell.
2041. and change.
and they want ME to tighten MY belt.
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oh, eff the lil salenet games... this is real money
454,000.00
to the U. Minnesota for core sames IN AFRICA
ok, so, plane tickets are more expensive, gas prices and all...
wait... heres the "need' for the money"....
"We have just hired a new graduate student as a Research Assistant who is in the initial stage of training to carry out the sediment analyses. Funds are being expended on her salary and also on purchase of laboratory supplies."
half a million, on "supplies" and on salary of a research asst?
she'd better have big teats.
For half a million, she'd better be over at my house taking "core samples" every frickin' tuesday.
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