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Kaine To Kill HB3202 Today?
By Greg L | 26 March 2007 | Virginia Politics | 1 Comment
Governor “Gridlock” Kaine will announce his proposed changes to the compromise transportation plan this afternoon, and while there’s been a lot of rhetoric from him about not wanting to scuttle the compromise that the House of Delegates and the Senate have reached, It would surprise me not at all to see him propose a host of completely unworkable changes to the plan. One telling hint of what he might do comes from Washington Post radio this afternoon: “Kaine has already said that he opposes the idea of the state borrowing such a large sum of money to fund transportation.”
So if bonding is out, and taking 1% of the General Fund to pay for transportation is going to unavoidably force Virginia’s seniors to go on a diet of potentially tainted pet food, what option could possibly remain which might possibly raise enough tax revenue in order to do anything more than build an interchange on the Hillsville bypass? It’s probably going to be a gas tax hike.
At least we know that Senator Colgan would support it.
UPDATE; Not as bad as I thought it might be, but he is proposing a raise in the diesel fuel tax.
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With real estate drying up and everyone’s home values dropping like a septuagenarian off Viagra what other recourse does he have? I want relief as well from the swell of traffic from the influx of workers in this area but if we can’t pay for it or won’t be able to adequately pay for it in 2 years then what else can we do?