Some Transport Issues To Study
By John Hood
Carolina Journal
RALEIGH – It seems there will be no special legislative session on transportation. Gov. Mike Easley, House Speaker Joe Hackney, and Senate leader Marc Basnight met Tuesday and reportedly discussed the alternative of convening a special study commission to examine North Carolina’s transportation system.
Mark me down as strongly in favor of the study option. I lack a financial stake in any Raleigh-area restaurants but retain a significant personal stake in free-flowing traffic around the capitol. Plus, I fear that legislators have a political stake in free-flowing tax money. So I saw nothing but bad news when the prospect of a special session arose. Its main purpose would have been to rush through a new package of tax increases and bonded debts.
Carolina Journal
RALEIGH – It seems there will be no special legislative session on transportation. Gov. Mike Easley, House Speaker Joe Hackney, and Senate leader Marc Basnight met Tuesday and reportedly discussed the alternative of convening a special study commission to examine North Carolina’s transportation system.
Mark me down as strongly in favor of the study option. I lack a financial stake in any Raleigh-area restaurants but retain a significant personal stake in free-flowing traffic around the capitol. Plus, I fear that legislators have a political stake in free-flowing tax money. So I saw nothing but bad news when the prospect of a special session arose. Its main purpose would have been to rush through a new package of tax increases and bonded debts.
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