“Terry OʼSullivan, who is the wonderful President of the [Laborers International Union of North America], Terry sponsored, just with their funds, billboards in four states…They put up a billboard, as youʼre about to cross a bridge that was declared structurally deficient, and the billboard says, ‘The bridge you are about to cross is structurally deficient’
-Edward G. Rendell, former Pennsylvania Governor & Co-Chair of Building America’s Future (Guest on The Infra Blog)
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Bridge Ahead Structurally Deficient
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011Lacking New Revenue, Will the Focus Shift to Spending Restraint?
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010“Building America’s Future” (BAF), one of the more effective coalitions in the crowded field of public policy advocacy, held another of its forums aimed at rekindling interest in and drumming up support for increased infrastructure spending…”We have to wake up the American people to the challenge and make sure that the general public understands the urgency of action,” one speaker remarked. “We should reach out to the elected officials to make sure the nation’s infrastructure is a top priority in the next Congress,” another participant echoed. “Energizing and mobilizing public opinion should be our priority,” added a third panelist, “let us use this conference as the spark to light the fire.”
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