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A Cato blogger blames big government privacy intrusion for his car getting towed for unpaid tickets. He got the privacy issue wrong, but DPW did really fail in losing track of his car.

Oh, the cognitive dissonance. Cato folks love to rant about how many law-breakers are not held accountable because of government inefficiency, but when they themselves get caught just because the government was efficient, it's no good. That's because only other criminals need to pay the price.

“Looking at the numbers it looks to me that it will help pay for the cost of Dulles rail without burdening the rest of the county,” said Reid, who maintains that the Silver Line would not solve the county’s transportation problems.

More cognitive dissonance. Loudoun is a relatively small county, and the richest people live in the rural area that does not want to get taxed for the metro line. So, they create a special tax district. Well done uberrich. Seriously, there are people there that could pay for the whole freaking project and not feel it in their wealth, but they still do not wish to contribute to the county's future prosperity.

BTW: They're right that the Silver Line will not fix the county's congestion problems. How does Loudoun think they can fix the massive sprawl-induced congestion on US-50? They're widening it now, but that will not help a bit. I say: Build a metro or streetcar line all along US-50 from Arlington Cemetery (or the Mall) to (gasp!) Middleburg.

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