PING!
Anybody, anywhere, trust the politician that said this?
They should have adopted Virginia’s “pay as you go” approach. It’s worked so well here.
No sales tax is ever temporary. Otherwise, this is really going to help growth and the Arkansas economy. When I was young, it was said that every $1 of infrastructure spending stimulated $8 in economic activity. I don’t know what that ratio is, but infrastructure (done right) is still a valuable civic investment.
This is smart of Arkansas to do. It will help the state very much.
Oklahoma, rub your two legislative and administrative brain cells together and look East.
Arkansas ranked in the top five in in a 27 state study on on time and on budget highway construction projects. Oklahoma ranked nearly dead last.
Oklahoma taxes everything except corporations. Even groceries and other essentials for daily living. Arkansas does not. We save nearly 10% on groceries by making a 30 mile drive and have dinner every two weeks leaving and entering the state wide speed bump that is Oklahoma roads on our trip.
Oklahoma, where does the money go? It is widely dispersed in trinkets that amount to close to nothing. The only response I ever get from questions to our politicians is, “we need more money”. Not one thin dime until they account for what has already been taken.
Ever Barney Fag,the Congresscritter who represented that district opposed it...saying,at one point,"it would be cheaper to raise the city than to lower the highway".
They need to finish I-49 so I can get to the Ozarks much quicker.
I’d like to know how they are going to do the 412 expansion.It’s four lanes already with the highway right up to the sidewalks of businesses.
They can use prisoners on a chain gang to help.