The Fine Art of Crisis Writing
Yet another article detailing what is now becoming a cottage industry here in town, talking about the repair of the I-65S ramp on one hand, then the whole issue of transportation in this county on the other hand. Being good students of the Bible, we all try our best to not let our left hand know what the right hand is doing. Lots of words, tiny amounts of knowledge. And, since we can’t get ourselves our own terrorist attack, this story has apparently become the next best substitute, and is contributing to a boom in chest wader sales as the bloviation gets piled higher and higher. One example is found down in the middle of the story above:

[ALDOT Director Paul] Bowlin said revamping the interchange in conjunction with the I-65 repairs "doesn't even make sense." Reworking the interchange would be "a long-range, multicomplicated, high-expensive fix," Bowlin said. "It's just not doable now. We certainly have short-term plans and long-term plans to re-do the interchange, but there is no way we will not restore traffic on I-65 until all problems of interchange are solved."

Now, it may just be me, but when I hear anyone in state government start using large volumes of brain capacity to coin terms such as “multicomplicated,” and “high-expensive,” it makes me proud. Just imagine all of the good ol’ fellers with dirt hauling operations who know all about converting them there multicomplicated high-expensive road projects into a nice new Jag for the missus, and grad school at ‘Bama for 'Lil Bit.
posted by Terry at 10:27:00 AM