According to the Washington Post editorial, “Virginia: Congestion Ahead,” dated 23 June, 2008, Virginia’s “…funding for new road and rail projects will, at current projections, all but disappear within a decade as available money is sponged up by maintenance needs…” Republican leaders are blocking state-wide tax increases in favor of regional increases for Tidewater and Northern Virginia.
Don’t these narrow-minded twits realize that Tidewater and Northern Virginia are the economic engines of the state? Sure they suck up a good percentage of the tax revenue for roads and such but they certainly generate a huge percentage of the tax revenue. Without Tidewater and Northern Virginia, Virginia would be just another struggling Appalachian backwater like West Virginia and Kentucky.
If rural Virginia wants to continue to benefit from the prosperous regions of the state, it needs to sit down at the table and ante up.