And let's not forget that when Mark Warner gave them the opportunity to vote on raising local taxes for transportation needs, the people of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads not only said "no," they said "HELL NO!"
Thus the reason Tim Kaine suddenly no longer liked the idea of referendum.
Then it is their problem, not the rest of ours. This is an example of why I am not a large fan of statewide Iniative and Referendum without strict controls. And especially when it comes to things like taxes. As a resident of the Eastern Shore, I should have no more tight to vote for increasing taxes on residents of NoVA or Hampton Roads than non-smokers should have voting in favor of cigarette tax increases.
If there was a referendum tomorrow in Accomack County to increase our taxes to fix our roads I would most likely vote in favor of it, as long as it went to fix the roads in this county not elsewhere. But if folks in NoVA and Hampton Roads don't want to raise their own taxes to fix their own roads, I don't see why anyone else should have their taxes raised to fix those roads. It's apparent they don't want the roads fixed badly enough to help pay for it themselves.
I guess I'm getting selfish as I get older.