Same thing happened in Michigan. The woman Dem candidate for Governor ran on a platform of “fixing the damn roads”, which if you’re from Michigan or drive through Michigan is a laudable goal. She also said that it could be done with current levels of funding therefore a tax increase would not be required. Soooo, she got elected. Surprise!!! Seems as if there wouldn’t actually be enough money to fix the roads so we’ll just have to raise the gas tax 45 cents. Yep, raise the gas tax and ADDITIONAL 45 cents. Michiganders are not happy but WTF did they think was going to happen?