Posted: October 10th, 2011 | Author: saldarji | Filed under: stuff | Tags: progress, sidewalks, so it goes | No Comments »
The WPA embedded copper placards into the sidewalks on Willet Street in Quincy. I used to admire them on the way to work. In the last few weeks, the roads and the sidewalks on that street were torn up and replaced with granite curbs.
Posted: August 4th, 2010 | Author: saldarji | Filed under: politics | Tags: progress, signs | 1 Comment »
As we move into the election season, opponents of the recovery act will bemoan the wasteful spending on road signs. Michelle Malkin actually posted about this last year, so the attacks started early. If you have not driven along our highways in the last few years:
This reminds me of the plaque I see every day on my way to work.
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WPA was the largest New Deal agency which put millions of Americans to work. So I have a list of reasons why the signage is important:
- Makers of signs need employment too
- There is a multiplier effect with this spending
- It is a small portion of the total spend
- They tell people what projects are started, in their community
- They remind people of the projects that were accomplished
