As gas prices soar, mass transit use is doing the same, according to The New York Times' editions on Saturday (May 10, 2008).
Wouldn't it be nice to have the WALLY commuter train between Howell and Ann Arbor up and running so that Livingston County residents could get to work and actually have some money left over from their paychecks after filling up their gas tanks?
The proposed commuter train has been in the works for months, but Livingston County Commissioner Bill Rogers helped delay it, as the county commission dragged its feet by asking for more and more information on the proposal.
Meanwhile, the price of oil has been skyrocketing. It was only $94 a barrel in November, when Rogers was throwing up one roadblock after another to participating in the project. Livingston County has finally agreed to participate in a WALLY study, but in the meantime, the price of oil is over $122.
Every $1 that Michigan residents spend to fill up their gas tanks is $1 less that they have to spend at area restaurants and stores.
So when Republican Bill Rogers comes asking for your vote for the Michigan House's 66th District, be sure to ask him what he's going to do for YOU, rather than what he will do for OPEC.
2 comments:
Post would mean more if you'd ever been to a county board meeting.
The truth is, Rogers didn't "help delay" the project, he helped push his fellow Republicans to pay for a feasibility study -- a study that the Washtenaw Board of Commissioners and the Ann Arbor City Council both think is necessary and are contributing to. Also, I might add, John Dingell reportedly needs more information before he can work to get federal money. Your attack is demonstrably false. Try something else.
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