Electile Dysfunction (Current students plz look!)

[Ken]

i guarantee you, if an I-81 toll ever went through, it would force enough traffic onto 11 that the local constabulary would get Lucky-In-Vegas rich overnight writing the inevitable speeding tickets in every 1-light town between Front Royal and Christiansburg.

the toll idea absolutely pisses me off.  at least in Roanoke - most folks with the white collar, healthcare, and management jobs already live in town and commute a couple miles.  the blue collars are the ones coming in from Hollins, Christiansburg, Troutville, etc to make ends meet.  they're getting boned enough paying to fuel their 45-60 minute commutes.  the trucks are the problem, every time.  make them pay, and then give us the 3rd lane we've been asking for since forever.  and frankly, they don't REALLY pay in the end, the cost just gets passed on to their clients/wholesalers, which we then pay for in marginal amounts.

The last several pages are people jumping on us "anti-tax" folks. well its coming to roost. this is the slippery slope.... and you are watching it evolve (quickly) in NOVA and western VA. This is what we are against. Give an inch and the people in Richmond will take a mile. And its true in every county, every state, and at the federal level.

Politicians need real plans for spending money, for starting projects, etc. All they are doing is spending money they don't have at our expense.

Totally understand this, but these past few pages also show why a use-tax also isn't as easy as it seems.

It also isn't exactly an, "anti-tax" position to feel that, "politicians need real plans for spending money, for starting projects, etc" How exactly would you propose this being solved without a tax of some sort?