If the legislature wants to really be progressive, they’ll stop trying to sell 19th Century ideas, and instead enable a 21st Century lifestyle.
Along comes Senate Bill 238 to create a brand new “RTD” using the same scam from 1971 — start a new government, then tax those in it later.
Voters have made two things clear to politicians. First, they want the right to vote on taxes and fees. Second, they don’t want to pay more in taxes and fees for roads and bridges.
The Fiscal Note for the bill does not project the cost of the rail system and only vaguely notes that there will be some “additional costs and workload” for both state agencies and local governments.
“The problem is when you tell the public that you’re doing a transportation bill and 80% of it goes to things other than what people think of as transportation and 20% goes to roads and bridges, that’s false advertising at best”–Former CDOT director Tom Norton
As it stands, Colorado Democrats have pulled a successful bait and switch on their voters.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis wants to reduce air pollution by mandating that employers create commuting alternatives to their employees driving in single-occupancy vehicles (SOV).
Democrats must ask themselves: Am I comfortable with funding the state’s transportation priorities on the backs of Colorado’s poorest residents?
If the legislature arrogantly passes this bill, it will certainly result in a follow-up citizens’ initiative to Prop 117 requiring voter consent for raising existing “fees.”
Owens proved that massive projects can be done efficiently, on time, under budget, and without money-draining controversies.
They are not solving “the problems of congestion and safety on our existing infrastructure. Solving that problem now would do more for our air quality than hoping to change people and the way they operate in the future. We need a solution now.” — Tom Norton, former State Senator and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Even if a car is powered by bunny flatulence and helps you get to the next Black Lives Matters riot, the elite in power want you on a bicycle. Transit fascists rule today.
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