Wednesday, March 06, 2019

"Fix the Damn Roads" - It's no longer Cute!


I watched three newscast yesterday on different channels and I must have heard that "Fix the Damn Roads" phrase a dozen times. It’s no longer “Cute” Governor Whitmer. I’m really tired of hearing you say that phrase. I’m sure all the youngsters in Michigan will now start adding “Damn” to their everyday vocabulary. I suppose the increase spending in your budget for literacy will cover the costs.
The budget recommendation also provides for an expansion of the Great Start Readiness Program in the amount of $85 million, making preschool programs available to more students across the state and improving the programs in place today. The budget plan also jumpstarts early literacy initiatives with an investment of $24.5 million to triple the number of state-funded literacy coaches in schools.

I thought teachers taught literacy?
Now that she's in office, the question about whether she can “fix the damn roads,” as she boldly announced in her political ads seems to have hit a huge POTHOLE!
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's first executive budget will propose phasing in a 45-cent per-gallon fuel tax increase to "fix the damn roads."
Whitmer sidestepped a question about how to fix the roads without raising taxes but said she's open to ideas on how to improve road conditions in the state, including the possibility of a toll road — although she said out-of-state travel into Michigan is not common like other states that have toll roads.
"I never dreamed in a million years I'd be known as the fix-the-damn-roads lady," she said to laughter. "We're going to fix the damn roads, but I've got to acknowledge that it's going to take a little while."
What about the Pension Tax? 
Michigan lawmakers take first step to repeal tax on pensions.
This is going to be interesting to see how she juggles all these campaign pledges.

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