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Just keep in mind traffic counts aren't the whole story. Near Fayette Mall tends to have frequent traffic jams, but I-264 in Louisville, with a lot more traffic, tends to run smoothly most of the time.
In related news . . . Our new governor CUT transportation spending by 112.5 million dollars.
Commuters, educators, old people . . . A month into his term, no one is off-limits to the savaging
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In related news . . . Our new governor CUT transportation spending by 112.5 million dollars.
Commuters, educators, old people . . . A month into his term, no one is off-limits to the savaging
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"we aint Mississippi yet, but we am tryin"
Meanwhile Republican dominated Indiana raised gas tax to invest more in roads and also gave local communities lots of money to do local projects. Same party, different mentality. I understand Bevin not wanting to add to the debt, that's irresponsible. But sometimes to maintain infrastructure you have to raise taxes. Bevin is looking more like a Sam Brownback rather than a Mitt Romney. Look what R dominated OKC and Dallas have done paid for with local option sales taxes.
Having lived in Indiana 7 months I can tell you there is a huge difference in quality of infrastructure between the two states. I remember first going to S IN in 2000 and the roads were in awful shape. Since then IN has rebuilt I-65 and improved most busy roads. I don't think many streets in Louisville have been repaved since the 1970s. Lagrange Rd had gotten so bad that when KY graded down the road before repaving it was a major improvement!
Meanwhile Republican dominated Indiana raised gas tax to invest more in roads and also gave local communities lots of money to do local projects. Same party, different mentality. I understand Bevin not wanting to add to the debt, that's irresponsible. But sometimes to maintain infrastructure you have to raise taxes. Bevin is looking more like a Sam Brownback rather than a Mitt Romney. Look what R dominated OKC and Dallas have done paid for with local option sales taxes.
Having lived in Indiana 7 months I can tell you there is a huge difference in quality of infrastructure between the two states. I remember first going to S IN in 2000 and the roads were in awful shape. Since then IN has rebuilt I-65 and improved most busy roads. I don't think many streets in Louisville have been repaved since the 1970s. Lagrange Rd had gotten so bad that when KY graded down the road before repaving it was a major improvement!
Im a northern interloper too, but something bothers me when a person whos main connection to an area was business dealings, now makes decisions for the people of that area. Its sadly ironic that his base is the one that will be hurt by his thoughtless budget slashing. I'm sure he'll be a one-termer, but that will mean another 4 years of nothing being done and important issues going unresolved.
Im a northern interloper too, but something bothers me when a person whos main connection to an area was business dealings, now makes decisions for the people of that area. Its sadly ironic that his base is the one that will be hurt by his thoughtless budget slashing. I'm sure he'll be a one-termer, but that will mean another 4 years of nothing being done and important issues going unresolved.
And 4 more years of going backward - because the world is always changing, and if you ain't moving forward, you're moving backward.
Kentucky voters do it to themselves once again. The longer I live here, the more sorry I feel for the kids who have no choice, but the less sorry I feel for the adults who keep repeating the same cycle over and over again.
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