Below is a letter the Tampa Bay area group Citizens Organized for Sound Transportation (COST) sent to Florida Governor Rick Scott, regarding the budget request for allocation of $200,000 to fund a study of a merger between the Pinellas County and Hillsborough County transit authorities.  When will our trusted servants realize they cannot keep appropriating […]

In an article in the Tampa Bay Times, a new advocacy group has formed in Tampa Bay in support of light rail transit.  Connect Tampa Bay, formerly Tampa Bay on Track, has launched a massive marketing campaign to push an initiative for a sales tax increase to fund light rail and other transit improvements in […]

In case you missed the subtle social engineering going on in our media today, below is the NextCity.org Super Bowl Commercial “God Created Transit”.  A little boy tells his father, “I don’t ever want to need a car to live my life, dad. Thank God there’s transit.” So now it is okay to express a […]

Before the 2010 elections, politicians in Hillsborough County were discussing plans for a light rail transit system.  To pay for the project, they voted to have a referendum on the ballot for the citizens to vote on increasing the sales tax from seven to eight percent, a fourteen percent increase.  Between the politicians, bankers, businessmen, […]

Dr. Ron Utt has written a terrific piece in Bearing Drift on Virginia Governor McDonnell’s proposal to eliminate the state fuel tax of 17.5 cents per gallon of fuel purchased, and replacing it with an increase in the state sales tax. Dr. Utt writes: On 8 January 2013 Virginia’s Governor Bob McDonnell released a comprehensive […]

Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Kind of scary that they had to do a three minute public service announcement about this!

A great article from one of my RightOnline Conservative Bloggers! Truly a great read, especially if you think light rail will save your city! Now I’m Pissed!

This past week, articles came out in the Tampa Bay Times , WTSP  and Salon.com  regarding Tampa’s “transportation mess.” These journalists appear to agree that Tampa would be a really great city if it were not for its lack of light rail. As an impending Tropical Storm (possibly soon to be upgraded to Hurricane) Isaac, […]

From Atlas Shrugs – Obama’s State Department (Hillary)  Criticizes French Islamic Veil Ban – Perhaps she should be more worried about mayors banning a business like Chick-Fil-A for speaking honestly about their beliefs.  Is this a result of her close relationship with her chief of staff Huma Abedin? From Transportation Expert Wendell Cox – Atlanta […]