If approved, it would limit the state’s ability to borrow money from the transportation fund to shore up the overall general fund. The Daily Press, as an editorial board, believes that the state had previously abused the ability to borrow unlimited amounts from transportation projects and have essentially held up much-needed projects by doing so. We feel that transportation funding should be stable if the state is going to escape the seemingly never-ending traffic congestion problems we are all faced with on a daily basis.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 4, 2008. Read the original PDF.