"Fewer people driving through would have to stop and ask for directions."

Sold me there, I can't count the number of times in a day I'm hit upon by people asking me for directions to someplace. I just tell them to head west till they hit water.

Seriously though, after all the middlemen take their cut and the sweetheart deals are done any "savings" will likely be minuscule. The state of Oregon doesn't have a particularly good track record for managing/negotiating large scale projects. Thanks Donnie but I'll stick with my somewhat overpriced but reliable DSL service.


"Visitors would leave astounded. Oregon would represent the future — just like Disney’s Epcot Center,..."

You astound me Donnie, your truly a local treasure, one reliably daft column after another!