NOT ONE "OPINION WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE" UNTIL EACH OF US AS VOTERS "UNDERSTANDS" MICHIGANS PUBLIC ACT 51 WHICH IS "THE" FUNDING MECHANISM AND HOW DURING THE LAST 30 YEARS THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE HAS "SUPPLANTED" MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SO CALLED DEDICATED ROAD DOLLARS FROM THE GAS TAX TO JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER BUDGET ITEM IN GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES! IF WE IN A PRUDENT MANNER EXAMINE THAT FORMULA AND WHERE THE $$$ IS GOING WE WOULD DISCOVER THAT WE "DO NOT" NEED "ANY" TAX INCREASES "AT ALL"
IF WE JUST DO WHAT THE ORIGINAL PA 51 WAS SET IN STATUTE FOR !!
AS FAR AS OUR FEDERAL GAS TAX GOES MICHGAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A "DONOR" STATE SO FOR EVERY BUCK WE SEND TO D.C. THAT FORMULA SENDS BACK TO MICHIGAN 90 CENTS !!! 
THIS IS LUDICRIS !!!  
IF WE RAISE THE GAS TAX "AGAIN" IN JUST A FEW YEARS THE CRYING FOR 
"FIX THE ROADS" WILL BEGIN ONCE AGAIN!! THE PROBLEM IS THAT MOST OF OUR STATE LEGISLATORS "DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE~~ WILL NOT  SPEND THE TIME RESEARCHING AS THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO DO~~ AND ARE TOO YOUNG AND HAVE "NO LIFE EXPERIENCE" THE PROOF IS IN THE FRUIT OF THE LABOR AND WHERE WE ARE AS A STATE ECONOMICALLY RIGHT NOW !!!!
PHILIP & NANCY BAREHAM
WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP 