$30 license tabs weren’t an option

So, letter writer Arthur Miller has had enough of high priced plans to fix traffic problems that never seem to work (“Road rules: More taxes won’t fix road, traffic problems,” May 12). He brings up the $30 license fee. Once and for all, I-695 never was specifically about a $30 tab. It dealt with repealing the state tax on license fees, not local fees or anything else. The $30 come-on was promulgated by Mr. Eyeman as a lure to voters, when in reality that was never the case. Read the fine print on these initiatives. That’s one of their major downfalls: what they claim they’ll do is not what they legally do.

He goes on about his ‘97 truck tabs costing $75. My two ‘78 beater trucks cost that much each, too. But he’s still saving a huge bundle over the old cost. Gee, I always thought if you could afford expensive vehicles, you were better able to fund road improvements and maintenance.

I agree that there are a growing number of people out of work. If we don’t fix our transportation gridlock, our current situation will be just the tip of the iceberg as businesses relocate to more efficient locations in order to compete. It’s time to move into the new millennium: we need to start now and we need to fund overdue projects. I don’t like taxes any more than the next citizen, but I like gridlock even less.

Snohomish