Thank goodness for the foresight of Fresno County voters, who overwhelmingly approved the renewal of Measure C, the county's transportation sales tax last November.
Our colleagues on the editorial page of the Modesto Bee wrote this lament recently about how Stanislaus County is getting stiffed especially hard in the allocation of state transportation funds. It's not news when a Valley county gets short shrift from the state, but Stanislaus County voters shot themselves in their collective foot when they failed to pass Measure K, a transportation tax similar to Measure C, in the last election.
One of the criteria for handing out state transportation money is to give preference to so-called "self-help" counties, such as Fresno, which vote to tax themselves to pay for road and transit projects. Put simply, in Modesto's words: "Stanislaus will get less than areas of comparable size because we have less local money to put up."
Good thing the voters didn't pay attention to the Clovis Chamber of Commerce and the anti-tax naysayers.
We get used to bad mouthing Fresno. Passing this measure and also Measure Z on the zoo show folks really do care! And will pay money to make a better community.
Measure Z-we tax ourselves to support a failing business. Measure C-we tax ourselves more to get some of what we've already been taxed for back.Stupid is as Stupid does.Stanislaus County has it right. I hope they sue the state.