[Shrek] Some Things That I Think...

I think the Summer Nationals, the annual car show held at Green Hill Park and in downtown Worcester, are great for the city as a whole but bad for the neighborhoods that these cars drive through at all hours of the day and night. Perhaps it's because I'm not a "car guy", but I don't understand the need for people to peel out like they're playing Grand Theft Auto and make more noise than a heavy metal band while repeatedly driving up and down the street. I'd be interested to hear how much it costs the city to repair the damage done by the car show, and to clean up after the event.

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I listen to WEEI's "Dennis and Callahan" morning show on the way to work, mostly because it's the station my radio is usually tuned too. They are basically both idiots, and if you listen long enough you'll hear that they often contradict their own supposed views on things. So imagine my surprise when they went on vacation this week and found an even bigger idiot to take their place in Michael Felger. Felger's only redeeming quality is he's married to Fox25's super-cutie news anchor Sara Underwood.

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With the budget shortfall in the state, the Registry of Motor Vehicles has decided to close some offices and relocate some others. One of the ones to be relocated was the office previously in Southbridge, and it will be moved to the Charlton service area on the Eastbound side of the Mass Turnpike. It's a location the state already owns, so they won't have to pay rent on the new location.

Boy, that's great on paper, but as soon as I read the state was moving the office to that location my brain started thinking of questions I was pretty certain no one had thought of...

How do you get to the eastbound lanes to get to the service area from the westbound lanes?

And if you're going to use the Route 20 entrance to the service area as employees of the plaza can use, do you really expect people to stop on Rt20 to turn when that stretch of the road is in a 50mph zone? (And in Massachusetts, that means the minimum speed is really 60)

Or how about the fact there is no vehicle access to the service area from that Rt20 entrance, it's just access to a fenced in parking lot that you can park in before you walk into the service area. And it's not a short walk either, so elderly and handicapped folks will have issues making the trek. Oh, and that trek crosses two lanes of potential truck traffic entering the truck parking area from the service area.

Turns out, at least according to the Boston Globe, I was right and those questions weren't answered before the move was announced. Anybody wondering how much this "cost cutting" move will end up costing the tax payer?

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Many people are shocked I didn't make a single post about the death of Michael Jackson. It's because I really didn't have anything to Say, Say, Say. Tremendous talent. Total loon.