The David Ramadan campaign just sent out an email boasting that he has a “Transportation Plan”. Specifically, his email says:
South Riding, VA | July 12, 2011—David Ramadan, Republican candidate for the 87th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, today put forward a major package of strategic and achievable transportation solutions he will work to implement if elected.
Check out his web site. It links to a press release that contains a list of work items. They aren’t work items, per se. Some are just wishes, for example, (emphasis mine):
Ask VDOT to study ways to improve traffic flow on Rt. 7 and Rt. 50…
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Fix the Rt. 28 and Pacific Boulevard and Waxpool Road choke-point – Find a workable solution to the Rt. 28 and Pacific Boulevard/Waxpool Road bottleneck that will smooth traffic flow, as well as reduce gridlock and long delays at traffic lights.
“Wish list”, “brain fart”, “transportation plan”, “achievable”, “fluff”. They’re all words aren’t they? I guess Ramadan can say whatever he wants. If he calls it a transportation plan, by golly it’s a transportation plan. That sounds a lot better than a “fluff press release”.
I was hoping for something like this or this. Anybody who knows anything about transportation and quality of life should use the terms “network” and “multimodal”. Of course, neither word or concept is found in Ramadan’s “plan”. Here’s a short translation of David Ramadan’s “plan”.
“Hey citizens, let’s spend lots of taxpayer dollars on asphalt and concrete because the road builders are big Republican donors. I have a plan to spend your money and you’re going to love the results. Trust me.”
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I especially enjoyed the recursiveness of it all. (1) Press release: “Look at my transportation plan!” –> link. (2) Link: “Read the whole transportation plan!” –> link. (3) Link: The original press release at (1).
Have I missed something?
correction: made to appear that DR stands for *Something* not *nothing*
Great observations. The “plan” is nothing more than a bunch of platitudes that are riddled with rhetoric to make DR appear as though he actually stands for nothing. I enjoy in particular the last paragraph in your comment, particularly since the candidate sent in one of his VERY expensive, 4 color glossies, that he’s going to spend $500,000 on this campaign. Great. People are jobless, and he’s spending a HALF MILLION DOLLARS for a job that pays what, exactly? Either he’s foolish–in which case he shouldn’t be elected; or, he’s dishonest–in which case, he *shouldn’t* be allowed to fill the job. Let’s hope Loudouners are not Stupid.