3CATSAILOR
Well-Known Member
Not long ago I traveled up Route 5 from Great Mills to Leonardtown. As I traveled along this road I noticed it was cracking and starting to crumble in some parts. Further up the highway, I noticed some holes in the road which are bound to only get worse. This isn't the only area. Route 235 in Dameron to Route 5 in Ridge is in bad shape. Parts of Route 301 toward Waldorf are in bad shape. Route 5 toward Point Lookout remains in bad shape. I could go on. The State continues to collect millions of dollars from us. I ask, "what do we have to show for it"? Are our roads any better? No. Do we have new highways? No. So, if our roads are not paved and we don't have new highways, then we must ask where is "our" money going? What are they doing with it? I didn't elect or ask to get re-taxed for what we have already been taxed for and to still get nothing in return.
Although we have a Republican governor, is he feeding our taxes to support all of the so called "free" entitlement programs just like his predecessor? First of all, nothing is free. Everything is paid for by someone. I realize there are some people which do not have the ability to understand that concept. But when we were promised that the new tax for our roads would pay for new pavement and then we end up getting a patch here and a patch there, I suspect most of us will not be very satisfied with their end result.
Lets hope that SHA has a good plan to pave our roads this Spring and Summer. Because a strong winter in 2017 will really tear the roads up even further. If SHA continues with a policy of a patch here and a patch there, I suspect all of us that pay taxes will not be very happy. Especially when you have to use the crumbling roads on a daily basis.
Although we have a Republican governor, is he feeding our taxes to support all of the so called "free" entitlement programs just like his predecessor? First of all, nothing is free. Everything is paid for by someone. I realize there are some people which do not have the ability to understand that concept. But when we were promised that the new tax for our roads would pay for new pavement and then we end up getting a patch here and a patch there, I suspect most of us will not be very satisfied with their end result.
Lets hope that SHA has a good plan to pave our roads this Spring and Summer. Because a strong winter in 2017 will really tear the roads up even further. If SHA continues with a policy of a patch here and a patch there, I suspect all of us that pay taxes will not be very happy. Especially when you have to use the crumbling roads on a daily basis.