Kinda nice to have some of the regular's involved in a political discussion for a change but this one probably should be on the dark side.

I'll still pipe up though .

Most of the Country's wealth is concentrated on the coasts. Since we have a progressive tax scale it stands to reason that more taxes will be collected along the coasts and distributed to middle America. Just a demographic fact.

During the Democratic primary the Gov. said she would not raise the gas tax without a popular vote. Her opponent, Ron Sims, said he would raise the gas tax to support this very transportation plan. The D's chose Gregiore and now want to argue that this is a great idea. I have no doubt that Ron Sims is the most powerful D in the State and King Co. is our new Capitol! The Tacoma Narrows Bridge not being funded is a perfect example. We wouldn't want to fund something the people actually expect to be built. That would set a bad example for the rest of the state.

I am against this tax for one simple reason. It is an open check to do something. We have no idea what this something is or how much it will cost but at least it's something. This tax will raise 8.6 billion over 16 years. Anybody really believe that 16 years from now we will have a new Alaska Way Viaduct and a new 520 bridge. Does anybody even remember the last gas tax increase that was ALREADY supposed to fix all of our transportation problems. Can anybody say SoundTransit??? I believe 8.6 billion buys you a lot of Union workers standing around holding signs at premium wages screwing up traffic. Of course there will be some money left over for shiny new empty trains.