tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post976060914053696703..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: Power tripstowniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-73528904206188702982009-07-07T20:42:31.600-04:002009-07-07T20:42:31.600-04:00Craig:
I think you've pulled together some of...Craig:<br /><br />I think you've pulled together some of the ideas in this issue quite nicely.<br /><br />To me, the whole notion of the towers is bizarre. Given the scope of the project, an alternate route is hardly a difficult or costly thing to propose. They could have easily avoided a controversy and once it started, NALCOR took the sensible line by saying they'd look at alternatives.<br /><br />Minor problem. Make it go away and then focus on the gigantic prize of the project itself.<br /><br />All the Premier succeeded in doing today is further strengthen the opposition to the park route and cause people to doubt him. That can't be good.<br /><br />I don't think he's got polling on this. I think his comments today were just another example of his off-the-cuff, flying by the seat of his pants, shoot from the lip style. <br /><br />Some aspects of his approach are a lot less calculated than people assume. <br /><br />If there is a poll, it likely shows much bigger problems with the fishery, forestry and economic uncertainty outside the overpass. That's what seems to be causing so much anxiety in the political circles these days. <br /><br />Maybe that's why he just shot off today with a rambling answer to Cochrane's question just like he flew off the handle with Randy a couple of weeks ago.<br /><br />The over-reaction is the tell.Edward Holletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152397042408814142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-65907726699757333252009-07-07T14:46:20.929-04:002009-07-07T14:46:20.929-04:00Point of clarification - the proposed towers are n...Point of clarification - the proposed towers are not 40 feet high - more like 40 meters.<br />That's a significant difference!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com