A bridge is worth more than the sum of its parts. I wonder if I am correct in fixing our current Columbia River Crossing with a pre-tear-out value of $3.4 billion.
It seems like it is worth more to us now as a bridge, than it will be to a meth-head scrapper tomorrow. Look how the scrappers have ravaged our county, city and homes — now they want our bridge.
Clark County is a bedroom community to Portland. Before the recession, almost all of our growth income came from overpriced building permits. Now that revenue has dried up. Everything is overbuilt and because there are no shovel-ready jobs, the powers that be need new revenue sources. “Scrap The Old Bridge, Get A New One” has become their battle cry, crucial to bilking the taxpayers to maintain their current scrapper-style.
People, wake up. With all this talk about a rosy future, not one word is said about the flocks of meth-head vultures circling around our current CRC.
