From an article in the Lakeland Ledger:
A state legislator blamed understaffing by the Florida Highway Patrol for the magnitude of a deadly chain-reaction crash along a smoke-filled and foggy section of Interstate 4 in Polk County…
“I believe it could have been prevented,” Brandenburg said. “Those people didn’t have to die.”
Brandenburg said more troopers could have reacted more quickly to the deteriorating road conditions and closed the road.
Talk about clueless.
The taxpayers of Florida mandated that our government design and build a high-speed train through that corridor.
Governor Bush couldn’t be bothered, so he stalled and convinced the voters to repeal the mandate because it would “cost too much”.
Now Brandenburg wants to encumber the state payroll with more FHP troopers. While they’re worth every penny, troopers are expensive.
Why did we not have enough money to fix the I-4 problem in 2004 with the economy under full steam, but we’re being asked to fund a band-aid for it in 2008 with a recession on the way?