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Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
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For Whom The Bell Tolls
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Date: November 17, 2012 09:06AM
Poll: Va. wants roads fixed, unsure of uranium mining
By Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post
Virginians are wildly in favor of improving roads and highways. Paying for that is another matter.
Ninety-two percent of Virginian voters say it is “very important” or “somewhat important” to make those improvements, a new polls finds. But they oppose, 57 percent to 38 percent, putting tolls on parts of Interstate 95 in the commonwealth to pay for that work, according to a Quinnipiac University poll that also took Virginia’s temperature on uranium mining.
Virginians are even less keen on higher gas taxes. Given the choice between that and tolls, voters prefer tolls 56 percent to 32 percent.
“There is broad public support for the idea of state action to improve the state’s roads and highways, but not on how such projects should be funded,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Virginians are closely divided when it comes to uranium mining, a subject likely to be taken up in the General Assembly session that begins in January. Forty-two percent support mining, while 40 percent oppose it.
Support for mining is much higher among Republicans, who favor it by a margin of 69 percent to 19 percent. Democrats oppose it, 60 percent to 22 percent, while independents support it, 41 percent to 38 percent.
The Quinnipiac survey found that Virginians oppose year-round public schools, 51 percent to 43 percent; favor, by a margin of 49 percent to 42 percent, making it easier to fire public school teachers; and oppose privatizing the state’s port operations, 40 percent to 34 percent.
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) remains popular, though his job-approval numbers are well below what they were a year ago, the poll also finds.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,469 registered voters on land and cell lines Nov. 8-13. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
By Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post
Virginians are wildly in favor of improving roads and highways. Paying for that is another matter.
Ninety-two percent of Virginian voters say it is “very important” or “somewhat important” to make those improvements, a new polls finds. But they oppose, 57 percent to 38 percent, putting tolls on parts of Interstate 95 in the commonwealth to pay for that work, according to a Quinnipiac University poll that also took Virginia’s temperature on uranium mining.
Virginians are even less keen on higher gas taxes. Given the choice between that and tolls, voters prefer tolls 56 percent to 32 percent.
“There is broad public support for the idea of state action to improve the state’s roads and highways, but not on how such projects should be funded,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Virginians are closely divided when it comes to uranium mining, a subject likely to be taken up in the General Assembly session that begins in January. Forty-two percent support mining, while 40 percent oppose it.
Support for mining is much higher among Republicans, who favor it by a margin of 69 percent to 19 percent. Democrats oppose it, 60 percent to 22 percent, while independents support it, 41 percent to 38 percent.
The Quinnipiac survey found that Virginians oppose year-round public schools, 51 percent to 43 percent; favor, by a margin of 49 percent to 42 percent, making it easier to fire public school teachers; and oppose privatizing the state’s port operations, 40 percent to 34 percent.
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) remains popular, though his job-approval numbers are well below what they were a year ago, the poll also finds.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,469 registered voters on land and cell lines Nov. 8-13. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
Re: Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
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Date: November 17, 2012 09:21AM
Why the fuck did you find it necessary to post this boring shit in multiple forums? Fuck off.
Re: Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
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BigK
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Date: November 17, 2012 10:16AM
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Wrote:
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> Why the fuck did you find it necessary to post
> this boring shit in multiple forums? Fuck off.
If you don't like it just ignore it......asshole.
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> Why the fuck did you find it necessary to post
> this boring shit in multiple forums? Fuck off.
If you don't like it just ignore it......asshole.
Re: Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
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Tea party dumbasses
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Date: November 17, 2012 01:16PM
The sad part of it is that we can see how using tolls to pay for roads gets out of hand faster than using tax dollars to pay for roads.
If 267 was funded entirely by state taxes, there would be no incentive for the private board that manages it to raise the tolls every single year and then shuffle the money off to other projects.
Sometimes the government is better at keeping profit out of the equation, but once you dive into the no-taxation rabbit hole, reality is harder to comprehend.
If 267 was funded entirely by state taxes, there would be no incentive for the private board that manages it to raise the tolls every single year and then shuffle the money off to other projects.
Sometimes the government is better at keeping profit out of the equation, but once you dive into the no-taxation rabbit hole, reality is harder to comprehend.
Re: Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
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SoylentGreen
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Date: November 17, 2012 07:42PM
Tea party dumbasses Wrote:
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>
> If 267 was funded entirely by state taxes, there
> would be no incentive for the private board that
> manages it to raise the tolls every single year
> and then shuffle the money off to other projects.
What would those "other projects" be that Tripp II (whoever they are) shuffles their money off to when they aren't operating under the protection of the MWAA?
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>
> If 267 was funded entirely by state taxes, there
> would be no incentive for the private board that
> manages it to raise the tolls every single year
> and then shuffle the money off to other projects.
What would those "other projects" be that Tripp II (whoever they are) shuffles their money off to when they aren't operating under the protection of the MWAA?
Re: Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
Posted by:
Silver Line?
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Date: November 17, 2012 09:49PM
SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> Tea party dumbasses Wrote:
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> -----
> >
> > If 267 was funded entirely by state taxes,
> there
> > would be no incentive for the private board
> that
> > manages it to raise the tolls every single year
> > and then shuffle the money off to other
> projects.
>
>
> What would those "other projects" be that Tripp II
> (whoever they are) shuffles their money off to
> when they aren't operating under the protection of
> the MWAA?
You do know that the money from the last two or three toll increases on 267 went to fund the Silver Line, don't you??
This isn't a big secret.
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> Tea party dumbasses Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > If 267 was funded entirely by state taxes,
> there
> > would be no incentive for the private board
> that
> > manages it to raise the tolls every single year
> > and then shuffle the money off to other
> projects.
>
>
> What would those "other projects" be that Tripp II
> (whoever they are) shuffles their money off to
> when they aren't operating under the protection of
> the MWAA?
You do know that the money from the last two or three toll increases on 267 went to fund the Silver Line, don't you??
This isn't a big secret.
Re: Poll of Virginians: Yes to Fixing Transportation, No to Paying For it
Posted by:
SoylentGreen
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Date: November 18, 2012 06:33AM
Silver Line? Wrote:
> You do know that the money from the last two or
> three toll increases on 267 went to fund the
> Silver Line, don't you??
>
> This isn't a big secret.
The MWAA took control of the toll road in 2006 with the express purpose of paying off existing debt AND raising money to build the silver line.
The NEXT two increases are now earmarked as being needed to pay for the silver line.
Stop me if this sounds familiar, considering how many times Rt-66 inside the beltway funds were raised then spent elsewhere. I believe it was 5 completely different funding bills were passed and the monies spent before the first piece of land for that extension was ever purchased.
In 2005 78,000 vehicles traveled that road a day. It's probably double that at least now. That's a whole lot of cash that just....vanishes into thin air.
Just an FYI...I noticed yesterday the express lanes are open on the beltway finally.
> You do know that the money from the last two or
> three toll increases on 267 went to fund the
> Silver Line, don't you??
>
> This isn't a big secret.
The MWAA took control of the toll road in 2006 with the express purpose of paying off existing debt AND raising money to build the silver line.
The NEXT two increases are now earmarked as being needed to pay for the silver line.
Stop me if this sounds familiar, considering how many times Rt-66 inside the beltway funds were raised then spent elsewhere. I believe it was 5 completely different funding bills were passed and the monies spent before the first piece of land for that extension was ever purchased.
In 2005 78,000 vehicles traveled that road a day. It's probably double that at least now. That's a whole lot of cash that just....vanishes into thin air.
Just an FYI...I noticed yesterday the express lanes are open on the beltway finally.