Monday, March 2, 2009—We now have available for download a 1.3 MB pdf file of the results of Benjamin S. Porter’s Memorial Bridge Survey.
So far as we know, the Maine and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation never took the trouble to ask people how important the bridge might be to them. UNH statistics instructor Porter did, though. His MBA students have analyzed the results and summarized them in this report. It appears to us that the results strongly favor rehabilitating the bridge.
While we’re at it, we’ve also posted our paper of February 13, 2009 (Vol. CCLIII, No. 10).You can download a pdf of it by clicking this link here. In the Fortnightly Rant—A Stimulating Debate. The financial debacle of the past twenty-eight years notwithstanding, Congressional Republicans adhere to their faith and demand tax cuts. After all, the federal government is still taking in revenue! In News Briefs, we attempt to get inside Judd Gregg’s head—not a job for the squeamish!