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I saw this absurd article in today’s Herald-Leader. Stacy mentioned the other day how much quicker she can get around Cincy or Atlanta than around Lexington (probably because of our vast number of Interstates running through the backwater (uh, metropolis)). So the idea that what we need to do with an earmark is spend $100,000 on is pedestrian traffic. This is laughable and absurd, but moreover, this “in-fill” trend that city leaders like to talk about is a FAD, nothing more. In Jessamine county we are building a ton more Square Footage to serve Lexington workers than downtown Lex is, but hey let’s spend our tax dollars on pedestrians!!! (BTW, up until this I had really been supportive of the Newberry administration, but what bad priorities.)

Article: Earmark for Lexington

In a similar vein is this blog post on Fred Thompson’s site about how “temporary” taxes are anything but. I love this quote:

As we all know, there are few things more permanent than a temporary tax. Just ask the folks who footed the cost of the Spanish-American War for the past 108 years via a federal excise tax on our phone bills.