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Article: Funding Virginia transportation; Kaine's bogus arguments for tax increase.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2007
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Byline: Bill Bolling, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Republican legislative leaders recently passed a comprehensive transportation plan that will generate up to $1.2 billion a year for transportation projects in Virginia if fully implemented. While the Republican transportation plan is not perfect, it deserves a fair hearing and objective consideration.
Unfortunately, Gov. Tim Kaine and Democrats in the General Assembly have unfairly criticized the plan. Their primary criticism centers on the fact that the plan would transfer $172 million a year of existing general fund revenues to the Transportation Trust Fund and use this money to leverage $2.5 ...