Posted on 04/17/2017 8:09:19 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's legislative leaders knew they faced a hard sell when they unveiled a bipartisan measure to ask voters for a sales tax hike and a bond issue to generate billions of dollars for transportation.
That hard sell was on full display before the Democrat-led House initially approved the bill on party lines Thursday. Even after that approval, Republicans kept trying to change the bill.
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Then get rid of the “bridge, highway, emission, E-470, clerk, air account,
base taxes on annual car registrations.
They have money to fix the roads but they blow it on other ‘programs’.
Exactly -and you can bet that they will waste a lot of the money raised 'specifically for roads - this time - "really, we pinky swear" too.
Following will be big ticket items like iconic showpiece bridges to replace existing functional bridges as well as highway expansions to businesses operated by large donors.
Oh, and maybe some road repairs.
Why are they spending half a billion dollars on highway 34 in the Thompson canyon but do not have money for I25? It looks like they are pulling monies out of 34 and want to close the canyon for a couple more years for some political gain. Why does the dome of dummies put education last in the budget which always runs short? It seems like they want to raise taxes and break the “Tax Payers Bill or Rights”. They pay $2B for welfare for illegal aliens but can’t fix roads or schools.
Colorado is following in the footsteps of California. Be very careful folks.
The idea that express roll lanes cut traffic congestion is nonsense. All it does is take a lane away from traffic. Same with HOV or diamond lanes. Don’t believe it....take a look at traffic in the Bay Area or LA
The Independence Institute is preparing a competing initiative, which 1) takes the money from the "other programs" upon which it is currently being blown and 2) prohibits putting the money into slush funds, mass transit boondoggles, mixed-mode facilities, etc. It's called the Fix Our Damn Roads ballot measure.
On I-495, they added two express lanes in each direction between Tyson’s Corner and Springfield, VA. The number of free lanes stayed the same.
On the other hand, plans are to take one lane in each direction on a crowded major bridge in the Tampa area and convert it into an express lane, so your assertion is true for some areas.
I wonder if they ever thought of using what they have for what it was intended? Pretty sure this isn’t just a Colorado problem.
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