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In which house district is this occuring? HD-2 (Flynn)
What are activists saying about eminent domain and toll roads?
Americans for Prosperity, a group associated with the Koch borthers, is hitting Christie on transportation funding.
What you need to know now to be informed:
NJ voters will vote on dedicating the remained of the gas tax, about $40M, to transportation funding.
NJ.com | Koch Bros. group hits Christie on lack of N.J. transportation fix
Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association is promoting an initiative to significantly raise tobacco taxes. The details:
WGEM.COM: Proposed tobacco tax hike in Missouri could help area roads
“There has been some discussion about a portion of that tax being diverted away from highway construction. We were able to stop that in the current budget. That is approximately $650 million per year that will be spent on highway maintenance and construction,” Wray said. “That was an item and topic that I heard a lot about on the campaign trail. I am happy to report to you that we were able to end that diversion.”
Proposition 7
“The constitutional amendment dedicating certain sales and use tax revenue and motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax revenue to the state highway fund to provide funding for nontolled roads and the reduction of certain transportation-related debt.”
Senator Nichols, “If passed by the voters, the proposition would be the largest single increase in transportation funding in Texas history.” GoSanAngelo
Proposition 5
“The constitutional amendment to authorize counties with a population of 7,500 or less to perform private road construction and maintenance.”
A California regulator ruled certain ride share drivers to be employees for wage claim purposes and it has regulators, policy makers, attorneys and investors in overdrive.
Investors keep investing in the companies. The Recorder Bloomberg
Regulators & policymakers go both ways. Hillary Clinton is said to be using the independent contractor stance as a campaign issue. TechCrunch Jeb Bush is hailing a ride share vehicle to arrive at a speaking engagement with tech cred. SF Weekly …
Alexandria Virginia’s long time mayor was unseated by the only city official, Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg (D), to respond to an outdry after a Halloween hit and run left a 7 year old hospitalized.
The city official worked to get speed bumps installed on the busy street, and checked in with the family of the vicitim.
Speed bumps and the personal touch won her the election to defeat a long standing incumbent, a former mayor, and a third candidate.
Posted incampaign trend, roads
Arlington elected a new mayor in May. According to Empower Texas, the new mayor succeeded based on opposition to red light cameras. The Legislature cannot seal the deal on red light camera opposition, but the voting public of Arlington can. Governing looked at how well transportation measures fared during the election. Pretty well, it seems as roughly 2/3 passed. Governing highlights facts about Texas transportation dollars and Governor-Elect Abbott’s transportation funding strategy: Red Light Camera Opposition Elects New Mayor
Texas Transportation Funding in Governing Magazine