Silver Spring Transit Center public-private partnership and crony capitalism

http://cei.org/2010/11/05/the-problem-with-public-private-partnerships

"PPP (Public Private Partnership) managers face much weaker innovative forces - if things go wrong, they can always appeal to their "public" nature for taxpayer bailouts."

Sound familiar? Is Fred Smith a modern-day Nostradamus? Did he see the SSTC debacle coming in November 2010? (Fred Smith's Competitive Enterprise Institute is located only 7 miles due south from PPP, lemon, Silver Spring Transit Center.)

Question: Why haven't the local Washington DC news media (print, TV, radio, internet), with all of their boasts about "in-depth reporting" and "probing questions", reported:

• why Montgomery County MD chose Foulger Pratt to build the Silver Spring Transit Center, Parsons Brinkerhoff to design it and Balter Company to provide concrete inspection and testing and to serve as Special Quality Inspector?
• if political contribution$ were part of the $election proce$$?

Could it be that the local Washington DC news media:

• have cozy relationships with local politicians?
• are inept?
• are lazy?
• all of the above?

53% of the funding for the SSTC is federal funding. ALL of us are paying for the overdue, overbudget, severely flawed, $130+ million, lemon Silver Spring Transit Center.

For more on the Silver Spring Transit Center:

• http://silverspringtransitcenter.blogspot.com/
• http://bscubed.blogspot.com/