tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576993731992352882.post2941930564038322050..comments2024-03-04T03:21:18.316-05:00Comments on Eye On Tampa Bay: A Bigger Mess with Tampa Bay Next?EyeOn TampaBayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804489795079963473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576993731992352882.post-88347232821762603962017-06-18T17:27:10.546-04:002017-06-18T17:27:10.546-04:00Try proving that gas taxes and tolls would cover a...Try proving that gas taxes and tolls would cover all associated costs of TBX. Then try proving the $6+ billion FDOT is seeking to blow on TBX actually exists anywhere in any credible budget projection that has any hope of coming close to panning out. It's simply not possible. FDOT, the MPO nor anybody else has ever substantiated the specious claims that serve as the basis for TBX, even though they have been asked to do so countless times. They won't even disclose how much has already been spent to date on TBX. (It's only known that it is well north of $100 million)<br /><br />You say you're watchdogs for fiscal sanity, and calling out these competing, rigged studies underway is doing that. But try digging a little deeper, and you'll quickly realize the same thing the StopTBX folks figured out. TBX's numbers are BS. If it wasn't BS, it wouldn't be so strenuously opposed by such a broad cross section of people. Many StopTBX people want regional highway improvements and plenty of them. Real improvements that actually work and give residents and businesses real value for their money, not just phony value trumped up on paper to give sold out and aloof politicians cover to build this boondoggle. <br /><br />Dig deeper. You'll see for yourself that we can easily do better than this incompetent crap. Some would argue after decades of failure by our regional planning apparatus, we can't afford not to do better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com