Legislature to Boise: Screw you, city dwellin’ Democrats.
Wow, so public transportation unfairly benefits the more urban areas, so we should shoot that down, and this section of I-84 is in a democratic district, so that’s a no-go, too. Forward thinkers, these republicans.
From Eye on Boise:
House GOP leaders pulled one of the six highway projects – the Orchard to Isaacs Canyon project on I-84 – out of the program at one point in negotiations on the bill because it benefits a district represented by Democrats, senators said in their debate against SB 1245, the GARVEE bonding bill that just was killed in the Senate on a 23-12 vote.
“There was one of those six projects that was removed altogether,†Senate Finance Chairman Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, told the Senate. “Why? Because the senator and the representatives from that district were from the wrong political party.†He added, “It’s time for us to step back.â€
…Cameron said he heard the project was removed “because it’s in Elliot’s backyard.†Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise, is one of two Democratic senators on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, which approved the bill earlier on a split vote.
