Aaron Ostrom's Blog - April 2008
Dino Rossi unveiled his transportation plan, and Fuse has concluded that after months of hard work his campaign staff did get the plan's first two words right. The plan begins to lose touch with reality beginning with its third word ("progressive"), a problem that quickly snowballs. (His plan opens up with "Creating A Progressive Transportation System for the Future).
Dino Rossi's plan is a recycled 1950s-style freeway construction bonanza with a twist - the twist is that he's financing it by diverting funding from schools rather than with gas taxes.
Rossi's plan is overwhelmingly focused on building new highways, has no funding for transit service, and is funded primarily by a dead on arrival proposal to divert funding from the heavily stressed generally fund. Over 50% of the general fund is allocated to education, and it currently faces a $2.4 billion shortfall.
If you like traffic and political gridlock, this is the plan for you.
Dino Rossi's plan is a recycled 1950s-style freeway construction bonanza with a twist - the twist is that he's financing it by diverting funding from schools rather than with gas taxes.
Rossi's plan is overwhelmingly focused on building new highways, has no funding for transit service, and is funded primarily by a dead on arrival proposal to divert funding from the heavily stressed generally fund. Over 50% of the general fund is allocated to education, and it currently faces a $2.4 billion shortfall.
If you like traffic and political gridlock, this is the plan for you.
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