« A titanic find | Main | Flickr's growing pains » Intel outsideI shot video of the Intel building demolition this morning. Got up late; I would've missed it if not for the kids on bicycles that were cruising too close, delaying demolition as police tried to track 'em down and clear the area. Downtown was packed, but a lucked into a parking spot a few blocks away and made it to the site minutes before the blast. I was standing by the KVUE crew and probably popped up, unkempt, in the news coverage. They were all set to interview the guy who won the contest push the plunger and trigger the blast, but he was called to do the deed before he got a word out. The blast vibrated my bones, but it didn't quite seem to flatten the building. The resulting cloud of dust made for a creepy 9/11 deja vu. I've also posted a Flickr photo set. jon posted this at 11:48 AM |
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REMEMBER: INTEL SHELL WAS WATSON’S BACK DOOR DEAL
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson’s (now Sen. Kirk Watson) back door deal with Intel cost city taxpayers $7.5 million in subsidies after they left us with the “Intel shell” eye sore (That deal should be a reminder of how Watson’s deals with special interests always costs the citizens more).
Watson’s City of Austin Prop 1, of the year 2000, diverted a whopping $67.2 million of our bond dollars, intended for free roads, into toll roads.
And, today tricky Sen. Watson is pushing Managed Lanes, a fancy way to say toll roads without using the “T” word.
If you want evidence of the $67.2 million diversion email me for the City of Austin document at sal@texastollparty.com
Posted by: Sal Costello | February 25, 2007 1:22 PM
I felt strongly that the perfect campaign ad for any candidate opposing Watson would have been a simple 5 second television spot with a picture of the Intel building shell. The beginning of the Intel song (the little xylophonic sounds used in the Intel ads) would be played, but the last note of the tune would drop down instead of up with a negative sounding buzzer. Doot-doot-doot-BUUUUZZZ!!!!
Posted by: Ashley | March 3, 2007 9:55 AM