Texas State Capitol
Raising Gas Tax Would Minimize Need for Tolls
RECEIVED Fri., Aug. 6, 2004
Dear Editor,
I am saddened that some of my neighbors are choosing to demonstrate their frustration with the toll road vote by putting their efforts into recalling the elected leaders who inherited the traffic problem and voted for the only viable solution. Mayor Wynn and Councilman McCracken made a choice that most people understand is unpleasant but necessary. Shouldn't the real focus of upset be the anti-tax ideologues among the state legislators who refuse to raise the gas tax, which would spread the cost of road construction and maintenance over a much larger population and minimize the need for extensive toll roads?
I am saddened that some of my neighbors are choosing to demonstrate their frustration with the toll road vote by putting their efforts into recalling the elected leaders who inherited the traffic problem and voted for the only viable solution. Mayor Wynn and Councilman McCracken made a choice that most people understand is unpleasant but necessary. Shouldn't the real focus of upset be the anti-tax ideologues among the state legislators who refuse to raise the gas tax, which would spread the cost of road construction and maintenance over a much larger population and minimize the need for extensive toll roads?
Paul Silver