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South Carolina Rebels WITHOUT ROADS. South C arolina’s Traffic J am. 26-year-old 16 cents fuel tax 28-year-old Truck Regis Fees – Max $800 42,000 mi. state-system (too large x2) No local Tax Power High-growth/Port/Tourism-Bridge State “No-Tax!”, No-Guts, No-Leadership
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South Carolina’s Traffic Jam • 26-year-old 16 cents fuel tax • 28-year-old Truck Regis Fees – Max $800 • 42,000 mi. state-system (too large x2) • No local Tax Power • High-growth/Port/Tourism-Bridge State • “No-Tax!”, No-Guts, No-Leadership • First-Term YFI Governor Desiring DeMint’s Path to Prosperity
Sent Mark Appalachian-Trail, Dump-Billionaire-Heiress-Wife-for-Argentinian-“SoulMate” Sanford Back to Congress!!??!!
South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads A non-partisan, non-profit group dedicated to advocating for critical highway funding. Bill Ross, Executive Director Membership Breakdown 30 Businesses 30 Local Chambers of Commerce 17 State-wide Trade Associations Safety advocates Conservation advocates Petroleum providers Highways industry associations Agriculture Trucking Association
Default Manifesto “Growth, Re-Directs, Surpluses NOW” (“Taxes” Later) (Oh, and..NO TOLLS!!)
We gave them the road map to the future. They took the route to 2015. • Growth (GF budget base- recurring)- $50M Bonded for I/B • Re-Directed ½ $300 Vehicle Sales Tax (recurring) – $41.4M for Secondary system • Surplus$50M – bridges
Only Hope for 2014 (Gov’s Election-Year) • $50M more Growth • Balance of Vehicle Sales Tax – Permanent • Surplus • Maybe IRP “Road Use Fee” (in lieu of Property Tax) • Maybe Regis. Fees • IE: More of the Same • Doubt Indexing Fuels Tax
2015? Depends on Who’s Governor