Comments on: 80th Legislature: Democrats Put Human Needs Above More Bogus Tax Cuts

By: FaithChatham

FaithChatham — Sat, 12 May 2007 12:48:45 +0000

The Legislature continues to refuse to face the hard questions. If they truly cared about lowering gas costs, they should address windfall profits and energy gouging. Instead they are pandering to the electorate with a temporary cut-back for three months. This sends the wrong message. Texas is ina Transportation Funding crisis. We need them to be indexing the gas tax, funding the mobility fund so that the state will have sufficient transportation money to leverage on the bond market for vital traansportation projects and stopping the diversions.
BELO-DMN polled readers on whether they thought the 20 cent rollback for three months was a good idea. Over a hundred respondents commented that it was not a good thing. Their comments showed insight into the relationship between gasoline miles driven and air quality and gas tax and highway funding. Many understand that while the state is telling local and regional governments that the only funding available for highways and bridges is from private public partnerships through toll roads it is absolutely inappropriate to bring less money into the transportation system. Many of their comments are on the Texas Kaos journal posted Friday titled: House Members Must be Drinking Even Stronger Kool-Aid than Normal

By: David Siegel

David Siegel — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:24:39 +0000

Now we have to trust Dewhurst. Hope he doesn’t think that he has to pass this ridiculous tax cut just to appease R primary voters.

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Texas Politics | Blogging state elections and the Capitol — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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