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1 posted on 08/23/2018 7:59:13 AM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 08/23/2018 7:59:50 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Why?

You’re not supposed to drive while smoking marijuana................


3 posted on 08/23/2018 8:02:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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I’ve noticed that wherever Democrats rule, the roads are usually in very poor condition.


4 posted on 08/23/2018 8:08:16 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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Roads and traffic around those front range cities suck. Always a sure sign of government corruption.


5 posted on 08/23/2018 8:08:19 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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More important to fund going after Christian bakers. My town is a sanctuary city - count the potholes!


9 posted on 08/23/2018 8:16:11 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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Caldera is too logical for most of CO.


10 posted on 08/23/2018 8:17:07 AM PDT by MissTed ( Private Tagline - Do Not Read!)
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Good post. By avoiding personal attacks and bringing issue oriented actions like this, conservatives can make inroads in even leftist states.


11 posted on 08/23/2018 8:17:31 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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The lefties don’t want roads in their new haven. They destroyed Cali roads and moved to ski country


13 posted on 08/23/2018 8:30:56 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Gas going into the general fund since since the 70’s. They say it doesn’t. But there is to much money for them to ignore. So their pet projects were hidden in Spending Packages.

Ed

17 posted on 08/23/2018 8:57:06 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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I think this is a great idea. Unfortunately that’s not the way our government works. Ask yourselves why our local politicians claim if elected to the county or state house they will see that local problems are fixed, then when elected nothing changes. Here is the answer at least in Washington state:

Cities and towns are municipal corporations and as such have limited taxing authority. Taxes on water and sewer must go to the upkeep of water and sewer systems. Roads are not taxed and are subject to available funding through the General Fund, where the money mostly comes from property taxes, other utility taxes (phone, cable, etc) and other fees, along with police, fire, parks and rec, and what ever whim the citizens or councils decides to provide for the city. Sales tax is remitted back to the state and less than 1% is returned to the city where it was generated. The same goes for the fuel taxes at the pump with only a fraction going back to the city. So someone running for the city council is responsible for those expenditures. Major Arterial roads down to minor collector roads are eligible for federal funding. Residential streets are not. The developer built them and dedicated them to the city , but the city has no real way of paying for costly reconstruction or major repairs.

Counties are subdivisions of the state and as such can levy property taxes and road taxes. They also get their small cut of sales taxes and fuel taxes. All of the taxes combined go to fund all of the county services MANDATED BY THE STATE, THAT THE STATE DOESN’T WANT TO PAY FULL SHARE OF! But the counties have more road miles than does the city so their pot of money is stretched thinner to go farther. So now the local city council persons says I going to run for County commissioner and help out our cities. They get elected and find out that the budget expenditures are mostly dictated by the State, so nothing comes back to the cities.

So our County commissioner decides to run for the state house or senate and finds out the state spends all of their money on federal mandates which requires them to create more state bureaucracy and hire more employees to oversee and dictate to the counties and cities what is allowed. The Highway department get the bulk of all fuel taxes and any federal dollars to used on freeways and state highways that combined are about 1/3rd of all of the road miles in the entire state. so our newly elected State Rep or senator finds out that there is nothing they can really do to help out their local city where they call home.

My point is that each level of government only looks out for themselves and what is needed to keep those programs funded.


20 posted on 08/23/2018 9:39:27 AM PDT by shotgun
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Caldera has my vote. I’m tired of “transportation” funding that funds every damn big spender’s pet project - except roads.


21 posted on 08/23/2018 9:40:28 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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A couple of years ago my son and DIL did a cross country road trip NC to AZ. They were stunned at what poor condition of the majority of roads they traveled.


27 posted on 08/23/2018 10:50:10 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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“21% state sales tax”

Twenty-one percent?! WTF?

Okay, Colorado conservatives, it’s time to turn out. It’s time to haul our weary butts down to the State Capitol to peacefully petition for redress of our grievances.

Who’s with me?


28 posted on 08/23/2018 11:14:43 AM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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They can fix everything by going on a “road diet”. That is the catch phrase here, anyway. That means taking a 3-lane road and making it a 2-lane road with bike lanes. That is supposed to make everything better.


29 posted on 08/23/2018 11:20:08 AM PDT by jim_trent
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Calif politicians pushed thru a huge gas tax increase with zero money going to fix the roads. It was to be used for everything else. There will be a ballot measure to repeal the tax this November.


33 posted on 08/23/2018 2:05:47 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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