http://racinenews.org/2010/03/11/rep-vos-statement-on-southeastern-regional-transit-authority-legislation/ State and Local News for Racine Wisconsin – Live Racine Police Scanner – Welcome to Racine Wisconsin Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:06:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://racinenews.org/2010/03/11/rep-vos-statement-on-southeastern-regional-transit-authority-legislation/#comment-1447 Cassandra Grace Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:18 +0000 http://racinenews.org/?p=38730#comment-1447 ... and for our friends who have lost their jobs and can't afford their cars anymore. … and for our friends who have lost their jobs and can’t afford their cars anymore.

]]> http://racinenews.org/2010/03/11/rep-vos-statement-on-southeastern-regional-transit-authority-legislation/#comment-1446 Cassandra Grace Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:22:17 +0000 http://racinenews.org/?p=38730#comment-1446 I am a taxpayer, and so are my husband and children. We are a Wisconsin family. I would much rather pay the equivalent of a couple cups of coffee a month for the infrastructure that would allow me to get to work by bus if my car breaks down, and that would allow my neighborhood small businesses to recruit the employees they need. No matter how much I may dislike investing in infrastructure, it's worse to not have the infrastructure. That's why we pay for fire and police protection -- even if we never wind up needing it, we're glad it's there. We hope transit will be there for ourselves, for our parents when they can't drive, for the drunk would-be drivers who endanger our children. I am a taxpayer, and so are my husband and children. We are a Wisconsin family. I would much rather pay the equivalent of a couple cups of coffee a month for the infrastructure that would allow me to get to work by bus if my car breaks down, and that would allow my neighborhood small businesses to recruit the employees they need.
No matter how much I may dislike investing in infrastructure, it’s worse to not have the infrastructure. That’s why we pay for fire and police protection — even if we never wind up needing it, we’re glad it’s there. We hope transit will be there for ourselves, for our parents when they can’t drive, for the drunk would-be drivers who endanger our children.

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