Dulles Rail – Built on Deception?
An editorial in the March 28, 2006 DC Examiner claims the Dulles Rail project was “built on deception.” According to the editorial, it is “one of the most outsized and cynical boondoggles ever foisted upon (Fairfax) county residents."
Wondering how generous their Grand Poohbahs are with taxpayers money? The editorial says, “Last December . . . Fairfax County Executive Tony Griffin informed the state that the county would pay all cost overruns from the general fund or future bond sales – both of which are primarily financed by residential property taxes.”
And it’s not just Fairfax’s Grand poohbahs, either. The Examiner editorial continues: “The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and the Fairfax Board of Supervisors have not been honest about the final cost of the largest public works project in Virginia history, who will pay for it, or even what it will look like.”
Guess the Grand Poohbahs didn’t want us peons worrying our little heads off.