Toomey Saves Taxpayers From Goofy Street Sign Mandate
The federal government has rescinded it's bizarre deadline to change all the street signs in the country and credit goes to Sen. Pat Toomey.
The Federal Highway Administration in 2009 mandated that street name signs throughout the nation be upper/lower case with a deadline of 2018.
For the historically challenged, 2009 is the first year of the Obama era.
It would have been a costly and wasteful endeavor with the burden falling on municipal governments.
The cost to replace a street sign is about $50. It adds up. The expense to New York City was estimated to be $28 million.
Anyway, last November Pennsylvania elected a new Republican senator and upon taking office Sen. Toomey made it a point to make common sense prevail. First, he got Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to grant a exception to Lower Merion -- a place that was not what one would describe as supportive of Toomey's election it should be noted -- to grant the township a waiver to save its historic and picturesque street signs.
Then he got Secretary LaHood to waive the deadline for the entire nation, which Toomey announced Aug. 30.
It's not ending the mandate but street signs do last a long time as those in Lower Merion would tell you.
Pennsylvania's other senator, Little Bobby Casey, was apparently content with the pointless new burden. He certainly was indifferent to the problems that it was causing.
So kudos to Sen. Toomey.
Hat tip to Cathy Craddock of the Delaware County Patriots.
The Federal Highway Administration in 2009 mandated that street name signs throughout the nation be upper/lower case with a deadline of 2018.
For the historically challenged, 2009 is the first year of the Obama era.
It would have been a costly and wasteful endeavor with the burden falling on municipal governments.
The cost to replace a street sign is about $50. It adds up. The expense to New York City was estimated to be $28 million.
Anyway, last November Pennsylvania elected a new Republican senator and upon taking office Sen. Toomey made it a point to make common sense prevail. First, he got Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to grant a exception to Lower Merion -- a place that was not what one would describe as supportive of Toomey's election it should be noted -- to grant the township a waiver to save its historic and picturesque street signs.
Then he got Secretary LaHood to waive the deadline for the entire nation, which Toomey announced Aug. 30.
It's not ending the mandate but street signs do last a long time as those in Lower Merion would tell you.
Pennsylvania's other senator, Little Bobby Casey, was apparently content with the pointless new burden. He certainly was indifferent to the problems that it was causing.
So kudos to Sen. Toomey.
Hat tip to Cathy Craddock of the Delaware County Patriots.
Our hardworking Sen. Pat Toomey Looks better every day, and it's not just because he is standing next to worthless Little Bobby Casey.
Our deep thanks also to Cathy Craddock who contributes a lot of good material to this very readable blog.
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Now we need to get rid of Casey in the next election!! How about Sam Rohrer?
Toomey could use some help from someone of like mind.
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Sam Rohrer would be a great senator and a perfect candidate.
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