Comments on: People Over Potholes Pablum http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/people-over-potholes-pablum/ Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.-Ronald Reagan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam Graham http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/people-over-potholes-pablum/comment-page-1/#comment-58319 Adam Graham Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:32:37 +0000 http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/people-over-potholes-pablum/#comment-58319 My apologies on H 676. I've corrected the article. I do recognize things have changed since last year but not near as much as you say. Why did you think we needed a Sales Tax on fuel when families were hurting from $3.00-$4.00 a gallon fuel? So the fact is though this isn't about people, this is about your desire to have a Local Option Tax. It seems the Democrats don't want to raise my taxes now, they want to get the local option tax proposed at which point we'll probably have an election where half the people don't know there's an election going on, the North End will turn out in numbers and we'll be stuck with stuff that is forever more expensive which will hit the Elderly and the poor hardest. My apologies on H 676. I’ve corrected the article. I do recognize things have changed since last year but not near as much as you say. Why did you think we needed a Sales Tax on fuel when families were hurting from $3.00-$4.00 a gallon fuel?

So the fact is though this isn’t about people, this is about your desire to have a Local Option Tax. It seems the Democrats don’t want to raise my taxes now, they want to get the local option tax proposed at which point we’ll probably have an election where half the people don’t know there’s an election going on, the North End will turn out in numbers and we’ll be stuck with stuff that is forever more expensive which will hit the Elderly and the poor hardest.

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]]> By: Rep. Branden Durst http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/people-over-potholes-pablum/comment-page-1/#comment-58304 Rep. Branden Durst Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/people-over-potholes-pablum/#comment-58304 Adam, First, I need to point out a few corrections. Number one, I wasn't a cosponsor of any road funding legislation last year, including H676, look again. Second, you failed to mention the emphasis I used on the word BEST in the sentence BEST use of our money. When money is as tight as it is right now, we have to leverage dollars to the best of their abilities. Putting money into roads, without promising jobs for Idahoans does not represent the best opportunity. Is it a good option, sure, but not the BEST. Third, you fail to recognize the change in climate since March 2008. Wall Street hadn't colapsed, foreclosures hadn't climaxed, and Idahoans weren't facing the problems they are today. To change a position because of situation is what good policymakers do. Finally, I have always stated in all situations that local option MUST be a cornerstone to any legislative proposal. The Governor once again failed to mention this and therefore lost me and my support. If you listned to my Statesman editorial interview I stated this verbatim. Bottom line, I won't raise YOUR taxes when I can't get the real solution that our district needs. Adam,
First, I need to point out a few corrections. Number one, I wasn’t a cosponsor of any road funding legislation last year, including H676, look again.

Second, you failed to mention the emphasis I used on the word BEST in the sentence BEST use of our money. When money is as tight as it is right now, we have to leverage dollars to the best of their abilities. Putting money into roads, without promising jobs for Idahoans does not represent the best opportunity. Is it a good option, sure, but not the BEST.

Third, you fail to recognize the change in climate since March 2008. Wall Street hadn’t colapsed, foreclosures hadn’t climaxed, and Idahoans weren’t facing the problems they are today. To change a position because of situation is what good policymakers do.

Finally, I have always stated in all situations that local option MUST be a cornerstone to any legislative proposal. The Governor once again failed to mention this and therefore lost me and my support. If you listned to my Statesman editorial interview I stated this verbatim. Bottom line, I won’t raise YOUR taxes when I can’t get the real solution that our district needs.

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