Letter: Use Tax For Public Transportation
“Use Hernando’s high gas tax to
develop public transportation”
St. Petersburg/Hernando Times
Published Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Letter-to-Editor: Brian P. Moore, Spring Hill, Florida
Will gas tax hike find favor? Feb. 11 article
Gas tax is high enough already
A gasoline tax hike will not find favor with this writer. The high gasoline taxes that we pay now should be earmarked for public transportation, buses, trains, trolleys, and connector cars from the gated communities and neighborhoods to central bus stops. The buses and public transportation could then run more frequently and to more areas, including Pasco County, instead of investing in the paving of roads and expensive drainage systems.
We are a semirural county, basically, and we have to accept our condition and not be so dependent or insistent on growth. We do not have to continue to build. If anything, we need to consolidate, and be satisfied with what we have, and preserve its beauty and usefulness to improve the quality of citizens’ lives in other ways.
Maybe we should explore becoming part of Pasco County, or form a three-county government under one umbrella, thereby consolidating our duplicative government departments. We can start with the Sheriff’s Office first.
Brian P. Moore, Spring Hill
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