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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:30 AM Original message |
Outrageous! Small town overwhelmed with idle rail cars parked in their backyards |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. housing |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. cold in the winter, hot in the summer. A metal prison |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. 1 in 9 real housing units are vacant. why pay to convert boxcars into houses |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. I hope that is the worst thing the people of Newcastle IN have happen to them. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Arguing with myself... |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It seems (if they were serious about it) that the town could pass an ordinance |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Y'all have to know two things.... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The town's been trying everything to get the cars out. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Exactly! Which is what I was getting at |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. NPR had a segment on this. They tried charging $2000 a day for weed abatement. Rail co brought out |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Then charge them $10,000 per day per car not moved outside the city limits |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. On what basis |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Tell them they have one year to move them or the city is going to |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. They elected their first Con Mayor in 2007 |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. Signs of the economy |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. What about emergency services? How would fire trucks, ambulances, and police |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. they don't block the crossings |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. In the video it looked like they were blocking at least one street crossing. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I don't think it was a crossing since it had no gates |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. OK. |
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MichellesBFF (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. According to my husband |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. I think they need painted! |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Right-wing New World Order types peeing in their pants over this. |
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