New Head of Department of Transportation; Is She the Right Woman for the Job?

With the retirement of Norman Mineta from thethe Arizona Department of transportation deal with
Department of Transportation we see a newtheir excessive growth over the years and have been
nomination to be approved by the Senate. Presidentin impressed with they way they had handled the
Bush has nominated Mary Peters. But is she the besttransportation needs there with the 202 and 101 loops,
woman for the job? Some say they do not like heras well as the I-10 expansion projects. And how all
stance on toll-ways, as they hurt the economic vitalitythese worked with regional airports and Sky Harbor in
of our nations transportation and distributionPHX.Additionally the transportation hubs, corporate
infrastructure. Where as I tend to agree with that in adistribution centers and airports are all working good
broad sense, I do believe that Mary Peters makestogether. All in all Arizona has done a good job of
sense for other reasons.You see I am againstretro-fitting old infrastructure with the new demands of
toll-ways owned by the government, but have nothe exploding population growth there. So this is why I
problem with corporate infrastructure built for return onam pro-Mary Peters. And think this is a very good
investment being built and financed over time thru tolls.choice. Consider all this in 2006."Lance Winslow" -
So, why do I like Mary Peters? Well I have watchedOnline Think Tank forum board.