Mary Fallin's Enemies: Sidewalks and Americans with Disabilities

Posted on OKTalk Board back in 2006 but thought we'd repost it here as a reminder.  Really?  Disable people?  Pfff.. they don't vote anyway...

Both sides always have time to push their fringe's ideas, in spite of more important things, it would seem.

Biggest irony: the fact that our governor apparently wants to keep taking money out of the federal back pocket for roads, but doesn't want to actually have to answer to them about how she should build those roads.

I know when I look at OKC one thing I say to myself is that we have way too damn many sidewalks around here.

OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma could dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of road and bridge projects across the state if not for cumbersome federal regulations like those that require environmental impact statements, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin and her transportation secretary told a panel of federal lawmakers Thursday.

Full Story:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...ulation_needs/