Transportation budget hits pothole

Published: August 25, 2009
Tags: budget, shortfall, Transportation, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin Inc., Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, WisDOT

Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com

Wisconsin’s transportation budget faces the latest in a long line of blows — a $49.1 million budget shortfall for 2009.
The state’s Joint Committee on Finance on Thursday will discuss a Wisconsin Department of Transportation plan to help cope with the shortfall: lapsing $33.3 million in major highway development and state highway rehabilitation money for [...]

Commentary: Responsible budgeting is best way to dig out of hole

Published: May 25, 2009
Tags: budget, Transportation, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin Inc.

Craig Thompson
Will Rogers coined the saying, “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”
Wisconsin’s legislative leaders should heed this advice as they work to pass a budget in the middle of one of the worst fiscal crises Wisconsin has ever faced.
The answers they come up with undoubtedly will be painful and unpopular. Avoiding difficult [...]