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PPPLEASE . . . I live in Maryland. The Maryland Transportation Authority cut the public transportation budget for this year while allocating millions for new roads. Electricity rates have doubled in the last two years and will continue to go up even if there are small efficiency gains. Any progress made from better electric effeciency at the few public buildings that will be built by 2015 will be taken away by the thousands of miles of new roads that are going to be built, roads that are being built for cars running on GASOLINE. And the roads will be built by DIESAL guzzling machines.
I'm another Marylander, long time lurker, first time posting.
Yes, our Governor is pushing forward with the Intercounty Connector (ICC), which sounds like a dating service but is a $3 billion highway. They will raise taxes and tolls for this highway, and issue GARVEE bonds which pledge future transit funding to paying for this highway. The proposed Purple Line and Corridor Cities Transitway sit unfunded. The money needed for these is going to the ICC. For more on this boondoggle see http://www.rockvillecentral.com/2008/02/contributor-opinion-by-carl-henn....
The legislation to stop the ICC mentioned on that site is now dead and the session is over. But you can still tell Governor O'Malley that his immortal soul is in peril due to his support for this highway at http://www.gov.state.md.us/mail/
Carl
Will do. Thanks