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   Adam H. Kerman to conklin   
   Re: Transportation (focus highways?)   
   21 Jul 14 15:28:42   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   conklin  wrote:   
   >hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >>On Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:58:03 PM UTC-4, Glen Labah wrote:   
      
   >>>It's rather hard to take anything on an Americans for Prosperity web   
   >>>site seriously.  It's a mouthpiece basically for the Koch Brothers.   
      
   >>Just a quick glimpse at their website shows all sorts of distortions about   
   >>the investment costs in transit, Amtrak, highways and airways.   
      
   >>They jumped onto the "free wine" bandwagon of complaints about Amtrak food   
   >>service.   
      
   >>Bottom line:  my property taxes go up to pay for more highways.   
      
   >The gas tax needs to go up, not your property taxes.   
      
   Perhaps you could explain how there's no relationship between transportation   
   and land value, George, so that hancock's property taxes shouldn't go up   
   if his highways are improved. If his highways suck, his property taxes   
   should go down.   
      
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