Screwing the Commons and All Things Civic

[peristaltor]

Just caught a piece of rage-inducing news: a Washington State House bill proposing selling naming rights to elements of public transportation to raise money. As he almost always does, I think Goldy says it best:

Personally, I'm opposed to selling the naming rights on state bridges and highways because I think it cheapens the commons and

Comments

[notmrgarrison]

[rimpala]

Stark likely built that, there's nothing wrong with businesses owning skyscrapers, the commercial sector of a city is where you expect that after all.

[dwer]

it's funny, because STARK Tower is an office building owned by Tony Stark, built by the company he owns, using green energy apparatus he invented.

[rimpala]

They go through great lengths to make him look corporate and the good guy.

[notmrgarrison]

No shit. Can you people read?