Hey, General Assembly: Listen Up!
The General Assembly is set to meet in a special session next week to take up the issue of transportation. The editorial advice in yesterday’s DC Examiner to the pols, “Lose the ‘more taxes or more gridlock’ nonsense,” is sound.
The battle in Richmond, notes the Examiner, is between the tax-raisers in the Republican-controlled Senate and Gov. Tim Kaine (D) on one side against the Republican-controlled House of Delegates that wants to start using some of the money in the regular budget for transportation. The editorial is rightly concerned the politicians will try to offer Northern Virginians the false choice of ‘taxes or gridlock.’
Arlington taxpayers concerned about higher taxes to pay for transportation excesses should contact their state deletates or senators. See the September 16 Growls, which has links so you can send them e-mail directly.