[SmithL]

. . . redirect gas-tax away from cities and counties to pay debt service on state highway bonds

Oh, all those bonds that promised "no new taxes" when they were passed? I guess the price of free money has gone up in the Golden State.

[combat_boots]

get your own concrete and some buds to fix things, pansies.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Funny.

I notice that “all” of the “hurt” is going to occcur to those STATE agencies which are losing money.

But this same writer NEVER before noticed the taxpayers in CA who would be losing THEIR money to the state to keep these state agencies fully funded.

[jiggyboy]

Privatize the bridges. Get some ready money into the state treasury, pay off the related bond issues, eliminate all the state-related jobs, and eliminate the unfairness of taxing people who don’t use a particular bridge.

[randita]

With the rate of flight from CA, no one will be driving on the roads and bridges anymore, so no need to repair them.

[patton]

I think that I have found the problem:

“But only 22 percent of the estimated $3 billion would go to roads; the rest of the program spending is for mass transit, special transportation for seniors and the disabled, bicycle and pedestrian safety and so on.”

[pointsal]

Maybe draining the mother’s milk of money out of the Bay Area will have a beneficial side effect for the rest of us flatlanders.

[sickoflibs]

Plenty of conversation topics for my trip!

[BobL]

Perhaps if they didn’t WASTE so much money building trains, they could pay for their own roads and not be dependent on Uncle Arnie.

[jiggyboy]

That money is the "fundamental foundation" of his agency, he said, without which road maintenance, striping, signal repair and much more would come to a stop...

Another job for the private sector!

KRAMER: Ah, you know how in planes they got first class? More leg room, better ride? Well, I'm bringing that concept to mile one-fourteen...you black out lane-lines one and three, and a four-lane highway becomes a two-lane comfort cruise!

[Myrddin]

I traveled to San Diego to see my niece graduate from SDSU on May 22nd. The condition of the roads in CA sucks. Much worse than when I left in 2000. Idaho and Utah get a lot of criticism for road quality due to the damage done by harsh winter weather. At least they have a valid reason and they are constantly repairing the roads. CA has just let them go to hell. As always, my visits reinforce the wisdom of relocating to Idaho.