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Sherman A1

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3. A link to a local (St. Louis, MO) story from yesterday.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #2)

Wed May 27, 2015, 04:04 PM

May 2015

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/modots-rough-road-finding-more-funding-continues

Missouri’s General Assembly adjourned this month without addressing a projected budget shortfall that transportation officials say will devastate the state’s roads and bridges over the next few years.

Despite widespread agreement that Missouri’s Department of Transportation is in dire need of new funding to maintain the nation’s seventh largest highway system, getting state lawmakers to agree on how to pay for it – be it through increasing the sales tax, fuel tax, or cutting other state services – is now the biggest challenge.

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California Underfunds Infrastructure [View all] nadinbrzezinski May 2015 OP

And I suspect Sherman A1 May 2015 #1

Absolutely nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #2

A link to a local (St. Louis, MO) story from yesterday. Sherman A1 May 2015 #3

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Oh, we have one of those Sherman A1 May 2015 #5

Ah yes, you are on the other side of that SCAM nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #6

But, but.... Sherman A1 May 2015 #7

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Agreed Sherman A1 May 2015 #9

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