09.27.07
Please, Enough Already
The latest GOP scare tactic is the newest “TxDOT ad” that’s currently running in all the state papers. Here’s the SAEN’s version, TxDOT says it’s near edge of roadwork funding cliff.
State transportation officials cried “uncle” Thursday, saying federal and state lawmakers have raked so much money from the highway department that it’s running out of funds to build roads.
Lawmakers had help from rising construction costs, which jumped 62 percent in five years. But federal cutbacks, state diversions of gas-tax funds and new restrictions on hampering private investments in toll roads have delayed projects and could cancel others, officials said.
The conservative neglect of our transportation infrastructure over these last 15 years has finally come to fruition in their well planned self-fulfilling prophecy. They’ve bankrupted our transportation infrastructure in Texas and the only way we can have new roads they tell us, of course, is to sell them off the the corporations. Enough of the boogeyman stuff Ric. It’s time for someone in this state to lead on this issue already! Let’s raise and index the gas tax and be done with it already.
Eye on Williamson » TxDOT, The Lege, And The Mess We’re In said,
October 1, 2007 at 10:09 am
[...] could funnel tax money to the corporations that pay for their campaigns should now be obvious. As stated before at EOW they’ve defunded our transportation infrastructure in order to make tolling the only [...]
Eye on Williamson » More Toll Roads Pass With Ease said,
October 9, 2007 at 10:05 am
[...] members believed the TxDOT’s broke story and believed they were left with no other choice. That’s what the tollers wanted them [...]
Eye on Williamson » Carona Saying The Right Things On Transportation, Again said,
October 11, 2007 at 11:43 pm
[...] got three initiatives, (has he been reading EOW?), for the 2009 session, if he’s reelected, that is. “I’m not opposed to all the [...]