Stick A Fork In The NVTA
Today’s DC Examiner contains a piece by Dan Genz that reports about the whining coming from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA). That would be the folks who imposed unconstitutional taxes on the public, then fought the public to preserve them, then rushed to reinstate them but dragged their feet on refunding them. Just my humble opinion, but they should be in jail rather than in public office. According to the Examiner, NVTA:
“is preparing for two extremes — an influx of hundreds of millions of dollars for new transportation projects or a near-complete shutdown.
“The first assumes a special General Assembly session will raise taxes to pay for transportation projects. That would require $1.2 million for the NVTA to hire six staff members and administer hundreds of millions of dollars in new road and rail improvements across the region.
“The other option uses about $350,000 to pay off debts and close shop, assuming the General Assembly is unable to replace the $336 million in tax dollars the Virginia Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in February.”
Virginia taxpayers already pay taxes for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDoT) so perhaps the NVTA chairman, who is quoted by Mr. Genz, could explain why we need an unelected body (i.e., the NVTA) to do what taxpayers should expect from VDoT.