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'Chronicle' Clues Readers in to May's Truths
RECEIVED Tue., June 21, 2005
Editor,
One year ago CTRMA Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein and toll boss state Rep. Mike Krusee solemnly intoned that without tolls we would either have to raise the gas tax by "$2 to $3 per gallon" or learn to like congested roads. At last Monday's CAMPO meeting Executive Director Michael Aulick said that a gas tax increase of 1.6 cents per gallon would raise enough money to build all of CAMPO's road improvements as "free" roads.
The Travis County Libertarian Party calculates that a 2.5 cent local gas tax increase would be sufficient to build all of the planned new capacity and pay for maintenance of them into the future. Heiligenstein and Krusee lied.
The problem is that the media reported Republican lies but they haven't reported any contrasting opinion. And it appears that Democrats like Dawnna Dukes, Gonzalo Barrientos, Karen Sonleitner, and Sam Biscoe have bought the Republican line. The Chron should clue them in.
One year ago CTRMA Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein and toll boss state Rep. Mike Krusee solemnly intoned that without tolls we would either have to raise the gas tax by "$2 to $3 per gallon" or learn to like congested roads. At last Monday's CAMPO meeting Executive Director Michael Aulick said that a gas tax increase of 1.6 cents per gallon would raise enough money to build all of CAMPO's road improvements as "free" roads.
The Travis County Libertarian Party calculates that a 2.5 cent local gas tax increase would be sufficient to build all of the planned new capacity and pay for maintenance of them into the future. Heiligenstein and Krusee lied.
The problem is that the media reported Republican lies but they haven't reported any contrasting opinion. And it appears that Democrats like Dawnna Dukes, Gonzalo Barrientos, Karen Sonleitner, and Sam Biscoe have bought the Republican line. The Chron should clue them in.
Vincent J. May
Elgin
Elgin