Milwaukee residents, who will bear most of the economic and environmental burden of expanding North-South I-94, would be least likely to be able to afford the tolls. More here.
Doyle looks at Lexus lanes
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Doyle likes highways best
You should be happy if you are in the highway-building industry, but if you drive on local streets, maybe not. A fund and taxing authority for the Southeastern Wisconsin RTA is included as well, as is a smaller-than-requested hike for transit ops.
More here.
You know the economy is bad when…
Not only are the people reduced to wearing barrels…
…but the trees are as well.
The tree picture was taken on North Story Parkway, where the city is getting ready to do some sewer work.
WisDOT will tackle invasives — in five years
WisDOT, in a proposal in futility, is proposing to start restoring native plants within a few years, but to wait at least five years to battle invasive species on its property. More here.
Walker can’t be serious, can he?
Didn’t anyone provide County Executive Scott Walker with a copy of the federal stimulus legislation? Is he pretending to be totally unfamiliar with it? Or is he really such a dolt he hasn’t bothered to become at all informed about what is in it?
The bill says what the stimulus money can be used for. Across-the-board tax cuts, such as Walker proposed yesterday, isn’t among the approved purposes.
Tax cuts also don’t fix the county roads that are falling apart, or the huge deferred maintenance backlog that has only grown worse since Walker took the helm.
It’s a shame that when the country, county and their citizens are bleeding, Walker is out there pandering to his ever-narrower base instead of working for the broadest common good.