Posted on 03/25/2015 6:44:17 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
So, what have we here? Republican legislators attempt to be fiscally responsible, and the highway department head tries to scare individual legislators into supporting Scott Walkers irresponsible borrowing.
Isn’t that extortion?
If you take their money, you take their crap and all that goes with.
You might as well gather up some personal meaningful effects and put them in a tin box and bury them in the middle of a dark country crossroads and wait for the first demon to show up and offer you a deal.
Having taken the prudent step to limit the amount of borrowing then why shouldn't they be willing to support the decision on what projects don't get funded?
Take it out of the WEAC pension fund.
Gottlieb is obviously targeting projects in the districts of finance committee members in order to frighten them into supporting more borrowing.
So how are they going to fix and build roads?
If they hadn’t capped the gas tax (which was increasing with inflation) in 2005, I doubt that they would be in this mess. Also, not plundering the highway fund would have helped.
“If they hadn’t capped the gas tax (which was increasing with inflation) in 2005, I doubt that they would be in this mess. Also, not plundering the highway fund would have helped.”
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Well, that’s how they got here. But now, how do they fix and build the roads?
It would appear so, but what makes their projects more important than any others? I hope they stick to their guns and keep the funding at the levels they set.
Highway projects are expensive especially in light of the prevailing wage requirement. What is the projected total for the projects cut? Do they total more than 500 million?
I have no use for Mark Gottlieb ever since he decided to route a highway right through the middle of my church, or right through the middle of my favorite nursery — since rescinded because of the outcry.
His insistance on installing round-abouts wherever an intersection needs improvement has resulted in major visual pollution across the state. We have a couple of small round-abouts near here — each one has at least 21 signs marking it. Ugly!
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/roundabouts/
I object to the ugly visual clutter that they produce. Count the signs the next time you go through one. And the hesitation from other drivers. So far, Wisconsin has onlly seen single lane round-abouts. Just wait until they introduce double lane ones!
There’s some double lane ones along I43 in New Berlin. Both Moreland and Racine exits have double, two-lane roundabouts. And you are right - they are a mess.
I hate round abouts! They are everywhere. There are plans for several near my church. Oh goodie.
Buy a Miata, you’ll never curse them again!
Buy a Miata, you’ll never curse them again!
The 18-151 intersection should not be touched until it is built as a freeway to freeway interchange. No freeway, no funding!
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