NO TO PUBLIC WASTE OF MONEY ON THE BRIDGE.

I also have written a couple of letters to the editor in opposition to the waste of taxpayer money for a  bridge. 

 As I stated in one of my letters::  "  If Canada benefits from the crossing, why doesn’t Canada pay for it?  We have been told that tolls will pay for the Bridge.  Let’s face the facts.  That statement was made about the Mackinaw Bridge.  Michigan taxpayers have paid millions of dollars for Mackinaw Bridge maintenance.
Why does Governor Snyder want to keep the public bridge option open when a private party will build it?    Taxpayers will not benefit. The people’s voice has spoken a loud “no.”  

As far as all of those jobs, let me remind people about the new bridge that is going to open in 2013 connecting San Francisco and Oakland. California    That bridge is being built in China of Chinese steel because our American Steel is too expensive.  The Chinese work for $12 a day.  The modules, made in China will be shipped here and put together like an erector set!  

When is our Michigan Governor going to wake up and realize that we do not need more spending.  If a private party will build the bridge and its truly needed--let the private party do so.  What is the benefit of taxpayers funding the bridge forever.   As far as  the comment about the Governor acting in our best interest  "When the legislature fails to act in the best interest of citizens of the state," has someone now decided that the Governor   knows better than our Legislature what is in our interrest..    If he goes around the Legislature on this issue, I will not hesitate to sign  and recruit people to sign a  new recall petition that is going to be circulated this spring.

Russ Lapham

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