[Nfbf-l] Transportation Trust fund in danger!

Wed Apr 27 14:20:20 UTC 2011

Dear All,

Please understand that this is the Transportation Trust Fund they are 
talking about and not the TD trust fund.
It is still important to protect from all of the insanity going on in the 
Florida Legislature.
I would suggest that we contact as many of our friend  as we can and flood 
the members of the legislature on next Monday starting at 8:30 AM and until 
5:00 PM.
We should call, fax and e-mail them so that every time they answer the 
phone, it is one of us.  So that every time they get a fax, it is one of us 
and every e-mail that drops into their in box is from one of us.
Flood their in boxes, burn up their fax machines and wear the ringer out on 
their phones.

Use the rest of the week and this weekend to contact your friends and get 
all of the address info for the legislators and frame your arguments and 
then bury them on Monday.
The old story about how do you get a jack assis attention is you hit him 
right between the eyes with a two by four.  It works on elephants too.
Join me on Monday and bury the legislature in messages.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <petercerullo at aol.com>
To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Transportation Trust fund in danger!

> Kirk my warrior!
> I agree, what a solid thought.  Lets get all of our brothers and sisters 
> to rally around this worthy cause.  Our voices shall be heard!
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 11:18 am
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Transportation Trust fund in danger!
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> Well stated Peter! I would have to say that not only the Federation 
> However,
> we need the BVA,ACB, and all the ones inbetween to stand up and be counted
> on this one Peter to ensure that we are not the ones on the sharp side of
> the knife on this one! Your friend in the cause, Kirk
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <petercerullo at aol.com>
> To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Transportation Trust fund in danger!
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> Kirk,
> I  am  on  the  Volusia  County  T.D.L.C.B. “Transportation, 
> Disadvantaged,
> Local,  Coordinating Board.”  We  have  petitioned  key  legislators and
> the governor’s  office  to stop  the  insanity!  Every  one  who  depends
> on  Para  Transit  or  is  transportation  disadvantaged  has  a  stake 
> in
> preserving  this  trust  fund.  The  future  of  Mass and  Para  Transit
> could  be  jeopardized   by   the   irrational   thinking  of the Governor
> and   those  legislators,  who  lack  the  understanding  or  fail,  to
> recognize  the  significance  on  how  important  this service is for all
> Floridians.
>
> Stand  Solid  Federation,
> Peter Cerullo
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
> To: fcb-l <fcb-l at acb.org>; NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
> <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; FRG-BVA <FRG-BVA at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, Apr 25, 2011 9:15 pm
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Transportation Trust fund in danger!
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>
> Sharing.if you are a transportation consumer.   You might be interested in
> the following article.   Things are going to get slimmer, I am afraid.
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> From: Irvine, John P. [mailto:John.Irvine at dot.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:04 PM
> To: Irvine, John P.
> Subject: re: Transportation Trust Fund in Danger
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>
> Well written article from Sunday's Tallahassee Democrat regarding the
> Transportation Trust Fund, not the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust 
> Fund,
> but very closely connected.
>
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>
> We must continue to educate our legislators on the importance of 
> supporting
> transportation.
>
>
>
>
> Trust Fund fuels Florida's economy
>
> The Florida Legislature is struggling with an array of hard choices this
> month, such as whether to cut money for school classrooms, health care for
> those living in poverty or criminal justice and courts. But one of the 
> worst
> suggestions is a House scheme to "sweep" $330 million from the already
> ravaged Transportation Trust Fund, effectively flattening the economy's
> tires just when it's beginning to move. The Transportation Trust Fund
> collects pennies from your gasoline purchases and then responsibly pays 
> for
> roads, bridges, highways, transit and other transportation needs. As Gov.
>
> Rick Scott said while campaigning last fall, "sweeping" is another word 
> for
> "stealing."
>
> In a sense he is right. The state promised all motorists when the gas tax
> was created that the pennies per gallon would be set aside for
> transportation purposes. The governor's tight budget did not raid the 
> fund,
> because he is focused on jobs.
>
> But over the years, the fund has been raided by legislators in a pinch.
>
> Sadly, gas tax collections nationwide are stagnant as people (rightly) 
> move
> to more fuel-stingy vehicles and hybrids, and avoid casual driving when
> gasoline prices leap as they have in recent weeks.
>
> So it's bad enough that the trust fund is no longer keeping up with the
> state's huge transportation needs.
>
> In the last five years, the fund has suffered a cash loss of $6.5 billion.
> Raiding it now to pay for other state operations makes no sense.
>
> The trust fund is not just a piggy bank for the Florida Department of
> Transportation.
>
> The DOT does not build or repair roads and bridges. It outsources 100
> percent to private-sector companies, contractors who hire hundreds of
> employees and other smaller firms to complete a project. DOT monitors and
> contracts, but real Florida companies with hardworking Floridians do the
> work and are paid from the trust fund.
>
> So the $330 million raid is not cutting government spending, it is wiping
> out private- sector jobs and payrolls. The Florida Transportation 
> Builders'
> Association calculates that a removal of $330 million from the fund would
> eliminate 14,000 to 25,000 jobs.
>
> And we would do this during the worst recession since the Great 
> Depression?
>
> A budget maneuver that eliminates thousands of private-sector jobs does 
> not
> help the 1 million Floridians looking for work today. Nor does it help our
> state's economy recover faster. Tell your legislators to fight any
> "sweeping" of the transportation trust fund, and let's keep Florida moving
> out of this recession.
>
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
>
> Chris Warren, an engineer in Ocoee, is chairman of Floridians for Better
> Transportation. Contact him at Christopher_Warren at urscorp.com.
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