Constituents Focus on Transportation at Del. Rust's Town Hall Meeting
Constituents in Rust's 86th district question tolls, transportation alternatives, taxes.
Constituents in the 86th district were able to hear an update from Del. Tom Rust, as well as ask their own questions, during his town hall meeting on Saturday at the Herndon Council Chambers. Rust said during the first three days in session they heard about 2,000 bills. He said Virginia is one of four states in the country with a AAA bond rating, and is fiscally conservative due to its constitutional requirement to have a balanced budget. “Money is basically what drives everything down there,” Rust said. He said it doesn’t matter what the issue is, “if we don’t have the money, we don’t do it.” Rust said currently Medicaid takes up 21 percent of the entire general fund budget and is growing at an unsustainable rate. One resident in …
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Bob Bruhns
1:17 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
THINK, people! All of a sudden, our leaders realized that transportation needs will raise our taxes? How long will it be before they question the construction cost estimates that they happily accept? They might cut this or that line item out of a job - but they NEVER question the line item price number itself. Lately I am seeing line item prices that are 2.0 to 2.4 times what they should be, and … more ›