Entries from January 2009

January 24, 2009

Can you spare some change?

For some reason, I cannot stop thinking about Seth Godin’s “If you could change your life, would you?” post. Talk about resonating.
The slight tweak on this concept that keeps popping up lately has been: If money were no object, would you…?
Consider these:
-If money were no object, would you keep working at all? What would you [...]

January 14, 2009

Get off our backs

A federal commission that the U.S. Congress created is expected to recommend a roughly 50 percent increase in fuel taxes at the end of this month. The reason? Motorists are driving less, thereby lessening the tax revenue that the government collects, thereby creating a shortfall in the federal government’s budget to fix roads and bridges.
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January 11, 2009

13 wishes for 2009

St. Louis County
Intelligent transportation planning 
The western half of the new I-64 looks amazing and was finished ahead of schedule. Now the county is looking for nearly $2 billion from the federal government by way of President-elect Obama’s proposed stimulus package. This money could help fund some other much-needed infrastructure projects, such as the completion of [...]