Thursday, February 19, 2009
GASSED
A little more needs to be said about the passage of our state budget this morning.
The guy who came over got two concessions.
One, he will get to see a referendum on non-partisan primaries meaning we can cross over the party lines. This is thought to bust the gerrymandered constipation of turnover in the legislature.
It was tried before. Once it lost and another time was ruled unconstitutional. Three times is the charm? I don't have a position on it. I guess it is OK. It sure makes voting more fun. Think. I could crossover to vote against a lot of people I don't like.
The second and nearly insane concession the majority made was to drop the 15 c gas tax. This was a two-fer. It got us some revenue and it encouraged less driving and more mass transit.
Sooner or later we are going to have to make the auto commute cost too much.
Not this time I guess. What a fucking mess this state government is in.
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