Today, I really don’t have to worry about shotgun offers so much. (Those of you who know what a supreme understatement this is are chuckling at this moment.) I do, however, continue to counsel EMPLOYERS that nothing worth getting is had easily.
The administration is no longer pressured to capitulate to drilling offshore to achieve a "climate change" bill, since there is no one who would be bold enough to push an offshore drilling platform in this context. The vernacular in this game is changing too. Erase "climate change" from your minds; It's going to be "clean energy" all the way.
If the Climate Bill is in danger, what happens to efforts to reformulate transportation funding policies in the next Transportation Re-authorization? Are they inextricably linked? Will it look different? How and Why? How long can we keep a band-aid on our transportation funding problems?
Take a look at this video which illustrates the time-lapsed life-cycle of a roadway. When a decision is made to build a new road, it is a long-term commitment to an ever-expanding future budget for repair, renewal and rebuilding. As our network of roads expands (and ages), where is the needed money going to come from?
With a tone that is positively gooey with industrial-era optimism, this Disney-produced video clip explores the endless possibilities for personal mobility via future "roads."
Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks unemployment in a variety of ways. Let's look at unemployment by one particular demographic which covers the engineering and planning consultants among us.
