Monthly Archives: November 2016

Dedicated Transportation Funding. Who is For. Who is Against. Up in the Great Lakes.

Before voting for President, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment to dedicate transportation funding. 

Let’s look at who has lined up where on the issue:

  • For dedicated transportation funding:
    • construction
    • unions
    • Chamber of Commerce
  • Opposed to dedicated transportation funding:
    • those who support social service funding, e.g.:
      • Heartland Alliance
      • Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
    • tax groups who question the math, e.g.:
      •  The Civic…

Ride Share Active in West Coast Campaign. What you need to know:

Uber has made its first candidate endorsement.

The endorsee: Assemblyman Derek Armstrong (R)

Why endorse? Democrats ran 3 anti ride share ads against Armstrong claiming that he opposed criinal background checks for drivers putting women and children in danger

Were the ads that sparked the Uber endorsement accurate? No. The legislation required criminal background checks but did not require FBI background checks, which taxi cab companies in NV support.

las Vegas Sun | Uber makes first…