By Dave Dwyer
Madison
Governor Doyle has called the
Legislature into a special session to deal with the projected budget shortfall
due to the apparent recession the country has fallen into. We are going to have
to watch this process to make sure that no motorcycle safety or education
programs are being slashed to make up for the shortages in other parts of the
budget. In past years, the Transportation Trust Fund has been a very tempting
target as a source of funds to help fill the gap in the general budget. This is
the fund that our gas tax, license and registration monies flow into, and is
supposed to be dedicated for transportation infrastructure related expenses.
After the winter we just went through many of our roads are in need of more
weather related repair than normal. To use that money for any other purpose
would constitute a breach of contract with the people who paid into that fund
in my opinion. Without a solid system of roads our economy will suffer even
further.
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