Again, Transportation "Infrastructure" Means Only Highways
This time the one-sided (rail-free) speaker is Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas,
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1 comment:
Thx for the link James.
And good to see, if we are lucky maybe Gov. Walker will appoint Vrakas as his WisDOT Secretary.
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