Reply With Quotelol... the ideas actually not bad. I am sure there is some issue somewhere that makes it impossible.
If You look around theirs tons of railroad bridges
that go over streets in Erie County, Most of them, are Full
of rust and are eye sores, examples Union Road near Cheektowaga Police station or Those on Transit Road near Walden Avenue in Depew & theirs hundreds of others.
What they could do is Maybe paint them & make them
Advertisement boards or put some Advertisement on them
The Bridges are owned by either CSX or Norfolk Southern
Railroads. So Maybe each City, Town, or Villlage could
share in the Revenue, Example maybe
a Town or City would get 65%
the County would get 10%
The Railroads would get 25%
of the Revenue
Fuccillo Chevrolet puts Advertisement on NFTA BUSES &
NFTA get a lot money for that.
lol... the ideas actually not bad. I am sure there is some issue somewhere that makes it impossible.
-r
Oh God. I'm so tired of seeing advertisements on everything. I rue the day we end up with the advertising technology they had in "Minority Report". Holographic ads that can talk directly to you. *shudders*
The railroads may go for it but they will never share the profits.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money just look at the people he gave it to."
By the way, what happened to biker? I miss the old coot.
if those bridges are indeed owned by the rails, I don't see a reason for them to share the revenue.
I do like the thought, though. For some reason government thinks raising revenue means "increasing taxes."
When a business needs to raise revenue, they lay people off and find ways to become more efficient. Government is the only entity that will not make efficiency-increasing cuts on their own.
Want a new revenue source? How about the "casino" in Delaware Park? I drive by that often, and it pains me to see it sitting there, dark. Lease it out to somebody who will put an upscale restaurant in that gorgeous building. In summer it would be totally awesome. Even in winter, the view from upstairs is breathtaking.
Gov. shouldn't be resorting to advertising to boost its revenue IMO. It's tacky. I agree w/ solar. I don't see any Coke ads on my IRS form 1040.
And I don't even think we should have to resort to having another Casino in Buffalo, Cheek, or wherever. Buffalo is not Las Vegas, nor should it try to be. The one in Niagara Falls should be adequate, and allows us some competition to our Canadien friends. Anyway, has anyone seen how many scratch off lotto tickets and such are available @ Wilson farms? Gambling already is legal everywhere here IMO.
Originally posted by hacktivist
Want a new revenue source? How about the "casino" in Delaware Park? I drive by that often, and it pains me to see it sitting there, dark. Lease it out to somebody who will put an upscale restaurant in that gorgeous building. In summer it would be totally awesome. Even in winter, the view from upstairs is breathtaking.
Standard local goverment lease of a dollar a year?
"If you want to know what God thinks of money just look at the people he gave it to."
By the way, what happened to biker? I miss the old coot.
Standard local goverment lease of a dollar a year?
Oh you know about this too?for 49 years!!!!
Railroad bridges are horrible examples of layer upon layer of red tape.
Railroad is involved, DOT is involved, local gov't is involved, etc.....
The governments in this country (towns, cities, states, federal) take in trillions upon trillions of OUR hard earned dollars every year.
The governments don't need more revenue...they need to learn to be more frugal. Do more with less.
Stop trying to figure out ways to feed the beast!
You've got a thinking disorder. Damn.
The difference between taxes and robbery is the mode of coercion.
Of course not. Open it up for bidding. 5 year leases at a time.Originally posted by citymouse
Standard local goverment lease of a dollar a year?
The government doesn't have a revenue problem, it has an EXPENDITURE problem. Throwing more wood on a fire usually doesn't put it out, it makes it worse.
All government's budgeting processes are a joke. How many of you, or private industry for that matter, approach personal budgets by saying "here is what I want, now where do I get the money". No, you think "here is the money I have, now what can I spend it on". Its backwards, and just a glorified wish list, unfortunately the wish list has up till now come true.
The shortest distance between two politicians is thru your wallet.
Originally posted by jennifer7
If You look around theirs tons of railroad bridges
that go over streets in Erie County, Most of them, are Full
of rust and are eye sores, examples Union Road near Cheektowaga Police station or Those on Transit Road near Walden Avenue in Depew & theirs hundreds of others.
What they could do is Maybe paint them & make them
Advertisement boards or put some Advertisement on them
The Bridges are owned by either CSX or Norfolk Southern
Railroads. So Maybe each City, Town, or Villlage could
share in the Revenue, Example maybe
a Town or City would get 65%
the County would get 10%
The Railroads would get 25%
of the Revenue
Fuccillo Chevrolet puts Advertisement on NFTA BUSES &
NFTA get a lot money for that.
I believe its Conrail who owes all those bridges and railways here at least, they were when I worked for them they did.
Riven37
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