alexander_craghead

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Anacortes' ferry terminal: case study for how NOT to do a public-private partnership

Posted Mon, Jun 27, 5:06 p.m.

The author writes: "PPPs seem all the rage, and have yet to suffer the fate of urban renewal, fallout shelters, the MX missile, and many another public initiatives now relegated to history." While I appreicate the point that the author is attempting to make, urban renewal is alive and well. ...

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A tale of two train stations

Posted Wed, Apr 6, 12:24 a.m.

I'm guessing the Portland Union Station clocktower was victim of a typo: the tower is 150 feet tall. Also, though there is some debate in architectural circles, it is generally considered to be Richardson Romanesque. While King Street is, well, a mess, it is slowly limping towards improvement. Kudos to ...

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Obama wants more nuclear power, but what about the waste?

Posted Wed, Mar 10, 10:11 a.m.

Wrong. From the DOE itself: "With the end of the Cold War, the United States has been working to close and clean up obsolete weapons plants and dispose of nuclear weapons materials. This has created a need to dispose of highly radioactive material associated with weapons production. This material is ...

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Obama wants more nuclear power, but what about the waste?

Posted Tue, Mar 9, 9:18 a.m.

Why is the writer drawing a connection between Yucca Mountain and power generation? The vast majority of the high-level nuclear waste in this country was from the development of nuclear warheads, not power generation. If one wants to be opposed to nuclear power, or opposed to Yucca Mountain, there's nothing ...

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