Letter: TOD workshop another waste of taxpayer money
A letter to the editor criticizes a state transit-oriented development workshop as a wasteful use of taxpayer funds. The author raises concerns regarding the lack of itineraries for planned trips and the Department of Health's undefined role in the project.
The project described in the article “State leaders seek ideas on transit development” reads like yet another expensive, ill-conceived, wasteful use of taxpayer funds (Star-Advertiser, Sept. 14). A huge amount of money is appropriated without reasonable questions being answered. The Department of Health is pulled into the mess because it has relevant expertise, but hasn’t agreed to anything yet. The trip or trips have no itineraries that can be shared. Who will go on these trips also cannot be…
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