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The Safe Roads Amendment: Time to Hold Springfield Accountable

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A diabolical ploy. Outlandish drivel that’s aimed at taking care of the insiders. A waiter asking how your salmon tastes while the Titanic sinks.

These outraged cries of a few opinion writers aren’t about politicians, but an important ballot question: Should lawmakers be required to spend money where they say they’re going to? Our group, Citizens to Protect Transportation Funding, believes it’s important enough to ask voters to change the Constitution after seeing Springfield use road funds to prop up the state budget year after year, totaling more than $6.8 billion.

Today, we’re seeing the costs of those diversions:

Vote yes. https://t.co/rihM1i8FGI @ILSafeRoads pic.twitter.com/jc8q6Qudpu

— Ozinga (@Ozinga) October 27, 2016

Soc of Civil Engineering gave IL a D- rating on its roads, bridges, and mass transit. Vote Yes on the @ILSafeRoads https://t.co/Gy81lWrBOi

— FFC (@III_FFC) October 26, 2016

The amendment language is complex, but its impact is simple: when you pay gas taxes and vehicles registrations, your money will go to their intended transportation needs.

Isn’t changing the Constitution too extreme? Not when the budget doomsday is already here. The Road Fund was tapped for half a BILLION DOLLARS just last year, ahead of a full year without a budget at all. Without this Amendment, why would we think it won’t happen again?

Vote Yes for the Safe Roads Amendment. It’s good for our economy, for our safety, and for some political sanity for a change at the state Capitol. Learn more at http://www.saferoadsamendment.com/

2015 saw $20 billion in federal transportation grant applications. IL got $39 million. If we don’t invest who will? #voting @ILSafeRoads pic.twitter.com/kkW4WDkNub

— Illinois Chamber (@ILChamber) October 14, 2016

.@IllinoisAsphalt encourages everyone to Vote Yes for the Illinois Safe Roads Amendment (@ILSafeRoads) on Nov. 8, 2016 pic.twitter.com/HicOLLVXJV

— Illinois Asphalt (@IllinoisAsphalt) October 18, 2016

On November 8, Illinois has a chance to protect transportation funding. Visit https://t.co/gERCYRxvch #SafeRoadsAmendment @ILSafeRoads pic.twitter.com/zUCwz6iqpS

— Delta Companies Inc (@DeltaCompanies) October 23, 2016

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