Firemen Recognition event part of Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge re-opening

[shadow12083 17]

I got the following message through my day job,

As part of the re-opening of the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge as a

pedestrian walkway, the Walkway over the Hudson, there is an effort to

organize a recognition of the efforts of firemen. In 1974 the bridge caught

fire and there is a movement to have an event to honor those firefighters

who were on the bridge that day.

A local firefighter is pulling this together and would appreciate help

getting the word out, there's a flyer attached. He's looking for firemen

that served on that day or for firemen interested in helping with the

event.

Flyer: http://midhudson.org/funding/marketing/walkway_firemen.pdf

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Very cool to see that the bridge will reopen!!

[TRUCK6018 50]

Very cool to see that the bridge will reopen!!

I agree (to a point) that it's cool the bridge will reopen but at what cost????

Let me explain:

New York State dumped in 16 million dollars over two years for the building of this walking park.

Why am I upset about this??

Because there is much more important things that that money could have gone towards like closing the budget shortfall that the Metro North (and the rest of the MTA) has that ultimately EVERYONE has to pay higher auto registration and license fees and passengers have to pay approximately 10% more in fares.

Because of New York State's incopetance , jobs are being abolished at work!

So, let me ask, what is more important, opening a walking park that was once part of a railroad or funding the railroad that transports millions of people a year???

I guess I shouldn't complain too much, at least the state did something, unlike their games now.

Edited June 24, 2009 by TRUCK6018