BobL, as I believe I have said before, I’m not so much against the tax hike itself, as I am against the way it’s doled out. When it comes to transportation revenues (gas tax, a piece of the sales tax, etc.), about half of what’s not stolen to balance the general budget is used for mass transit, leaving the roads to decay and degenerate.
I’m simply not going to support a gas tax increase, unless I know that the hulking wreck known as Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill will be fixed, unless I know that widening of highways that need to be widened will actually be done, unless I know that the coming interchange between Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road and other projects will actually commence as promised, etc.
But with this being a corrupt, Democrat state, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Sorry Tol, that’s your call. Didn’t see who posted the article. We just differ here a bit.
For me here in Texas, if they increased the gas tax by 25 cents and still gave away one forth of that to “the schools” (as they have been doing), I’d still far prefer it over our toll road ‘solution’ of Crony Capitalism (certainly in the case of these private toll roads)...and TexDot would still have twice the amount of money to work with.