Perdue, Obama yakkin' 'bout Yadkin

[ccharles000]

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/perdue_obama_yakkin_bout_yadkin

Gov. Beverly Perdue made another pitch Thursday for federal stimulus money to replace the aging Yadkin River Bridge on I-85.

Perdue and several other Democratic governors met with President Barack Obama at lunchtime at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington as part of a Democratic Governors Association meeting. Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson said Perdue specifically raised the issue of the state's application for a stimulus grant to help replace the 50-year-old, narrow bridge about 80 miles northeast of Charlotte.

Perdue was scheduled to fly to Asheville this evening where she has public events tomorrow and the Democratic Party's annual Vance-Aycock dinner on Saturday.

[Thrill]

1. I think we've got a lot of Stimulus money here in Charlotte

There are streets being worked on everywhere

[Mudoria]

2. It's long past time to replace that bridge.

Every time I've gone over it I always wonder how this decrepit thing is still here considering they've widened and improved I-85 on both sides of it. Like most things in this country nothing will be done about until some major tragedy happens on it.