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To: Lorianne
But they don't tell the whole story. About half of the money would supposedly go to the roads, with no guarantee, then the rest was split between MORE school funding, and a bump in the Earned Income Tax Credit, which takes money out of the taxpayers pocket and gives MORE to those who don't pay taxes.

They took a simple straight forward fixed which was first proposed and muddied it up for special interests. Our fuel taxes now are supposed to fund road maintenance/repair, and yet the money is spent elsewhere.

We cannot trust these people, which is the bottom line, really.

They ran all kinds of scare ads, our economy, our businesses, our tourism, our vehicles and even our health would suffer if we didn't votes yes. Over the top.

If it were truly that urgent and critical, they would have already found the money elsewhere and fixed our roads.

6 posted on 05/11/2015 7:44:00 AM PDT by kevslisababy
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To: kevslisababy

Just one example of what is wrong at the county level.

Last year Jackson county approved $2 million from highway funding to tear down a concrete wall that should have never been built at Cascades county park. Fortunately people raised hell and they had to find the money elsewhere.

Now I hear them screaming that we need to upgrade “Inner city trails” which are little more than crack head highways.


8 posted on 05/11/2015 7:49:44 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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