From the N&O: The GoTriangle board of trustees voted unanimously but reluctantly Wednesday to end the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit project. After a closed-door session ... Keep Reading
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Another Blow to Durham Orange Light Rail Money Pit
Last week, the N&O ran an article by a former member of GoTransit Partners, a group tasked with fundraising for the Durham-Orange light rail boondoggle. While still ... Keep Reading
Convicted Fraudster Being Rewarded Handsomely by Crony Triangle Light Rail Boondoggle
I've written frequently about what a horrific money pit light rail projects are, as they can be fourteen times as expensive per mile than four lane highways. But the incredibly ... Keep Reading
Duke U. Has Opportunity to Derail Durham-Orange Light Rail Boondoggle
The latest hurdle holding up the Durham-Orange light rail money pit appears to be a decision regarding needed land currently held by Duke University. From the Durham ... Keep Reading
Durham Insists on Moving Ahead With Light Rail Money Pit
From the N&O yesterday: Durham County now says it can fill a $57.6 million state funding gap for the Durham-Orange light rail project. The Durham-Orange Light Rail ... Keep Reading
Lifeline Thrown to Durham-Orange Rail Line, But Hard Deadline Set
Among the provisions in the "technical corrections" bill that makes adjustments to the recently-passed state budget is a change in the funding requirements for major light rail ... Keep Reading
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The Left’s Transportation Vision: Unlimited Light Rail Funding; Fraud and Waste
North Carolina leftists continue their light-rail fetish If they had their way, the state’s Highway Trust Fund would be raided to pay for such boondoggles Light rail is a ... Keep Reading
Hold On To Your Wallets: Light Rail Edition
The N&O today is celebrating because there was a step forward in the process to soak Triangle taxpayers for a wildly inefficient, crony boondoggle: the proposed Durham-Orange ... Keep Reading
Chapel Hill’s Self-Destructive Progressivism
An excellent oped in the News & Observer exposes how progressivism undermines the ideals it claims to support -- in this case, how trendy, progressive Chapel Hill drives out ... Keep Reading
