Re: Toll Roads

[Robert Moore <oshkoshc1@moscow.com>]

I will agree with that statement.  Just because the southern part of this
states roads are in good conditon doesn't mean that they should stop there.
				Thankyou for the reply
					Robert Moore 
		


At 08:23 AM 2/12/99 -0800, Don Coombs wrote:
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>(Written in response to a comment, not copied to Vision2020, that a
>serious suggestion on how to improve Hwy 95 would be in order, and more
>appreciated than sarcasm.)
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>That's a fair comment. I'd start by working for (and hoping for) fair
>treatment when road funds in Idaho are divvied up. As it is, an
>influential Republican legislator from Pocatello wants to cut the gas tax
>4 cents because, he says, the state's roads now have been brought up to
>satisfactory condition. The Lewiston Trib agreed: The roads around
>Pocatello are great.
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>We already finance our roads with what amounts to tolls: The more you
>drive, the more gas tax you pay. We just haven't got our fair share of the
>proceeds, maybe.
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>I am as opposed to making Hwy 95 a toll road as I am to charging user fees
>at the public library. (People just go there and read for free!)
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>Don Coombs
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