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"Joseph M Sanzari Inc. operates as a construction company. The Company specializes in highway and heavy construction services....."
Sanzari is one of the largest road construction companies in NJ to be awarded state contracts. Wonder why Sarlo is proposing a gas tax to the tune of 2 billion a year for road projects. This stinks worse than a sewer.
Pay to play. Remember the 7 billion school construction fiasco.
NJ taxpayers are the irresponsible parents who let their 'children' get away with such a legacy of fiascos. these abusive 'children' see the soft touch their 'parents' are and now we have a very stable disfunctional relationship.
Name one project that was not exponentially higher in cost than projected and delivered on time as promised!
Does it not appear that the projected lower costs are a bait and switch, standard tactic for infrastructure projects. Isn't this false advertizing a crime? Especially when it becomes a pattern.
No way to respond to this sort of legal graft, so it runs rampant.
The gas tax is another act of an irresponsible child and a compliant, irresponsible parent.
NJ taxpayers are the irresponsible parents who let their 'children' get away with such a legacy of fiascos. these abusive 'children' see the soft touch their 'parents' are and now we have a very stable disfunctional relationship.
Name one project that was not exponentially higher in cost than projected and delivered on time as promised!
Does it not appear that the projected lower costs are a bait and switch, standard tactic for infrastructure projects. Isn't this false advertizing a crime? Especially when it becomes a pattern.
No way to respond to this sort of legal graft, so it runs rampant.
The gas tax is another act of an irresponsible child and a compliant, irresponsible parent.
If you say the gas tax, (even the proposed one is still less than PA, NY, and CT), is the act of an "irresponsible child", what do you propose??
The infrastructure in the US is deteriorating, this is known, bridges have collapsed, water mains in cities are over 100yrs old, though there seems to be many deniers, similar to those that deny global warming.
Is the solution to wait until there is a catastrophe?? Then "emergency" funds are appropriated. (more like robbed from another program). Then there will be all kinds of investigations and finger pointing, "over why this was allowed to happen". Of course the committees investigating provides jobs for the finger pointing crowds friends.
The infrastructure in the US is deteriorating, this is known, bridges have collapsed, water mains in cities are over 100yrs old, though there seems to be many deniers, similar to those that deny global warming.
This card has been played too many times, and voters are finally getting slightly wise to it. Decry emergency situation. Demand tax increase to fix it. Divert tax money elsewhere (either to other programs, or just burn it with waste and corruption). Then cry about the emergency again.
If road infrastructure in NJ (not the US in general, not water mains) needs more maintenance (and certainly evidence is that it does), then an increase in gas tax combined with a decrease in sales tax (AT THE SAME TIME... none of this "reduce sales tax in 2 years for a gas tax increase today"; we know the sales tax decrease will likely quietly be repealed) is a good idea. But you also need to make sure that gas tax increase isn't going to be diverted to NJTransit or building sidewalks in Somerset County or hiring traffic cops or whatever. And you need to make sure it's not going to be burned paying off "Friends of Christie Do Nothing Construction Corp". Given the amount of bad will the state government has accumulated, that's a hard sell.
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