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In my letter I'm also asking Hobson to vote for higher CAFE standards, and pointing out to him that conservation is a far better approach to energy needs than drilling the ANWR and the continental shelves off the coasts of CA, FL, etc.
I'm also asking him what his position is on both CAFE and ANWR, and whether he thinks he can maintain any credibility with environmentally concerned voters if he votes FOR drilling in ANWR and AGAINST higher CAFE standards. (On CAFE standards there was a good article in today's Wall Street Journal on the politics of the auto industry and their propaganda, most recently that higher CAFE standards would result in more highway deaths.)
Webminder comment: In the House vote taken on 1 August 2001, US Rep Dave Hobson voted FOR drilling in the ANWR and AGAINST increasing fuel efficiency of SUVs.
The citizens of Ohio who have been sacrificing time and energy in recent years opposing sprawl should now brace for an even worse future.
As we endure news of cuts for everything from care for the handicapped to environmental law enforcement, our legislature and governor are ready to increase spending on the road-building addiction at the root of our sprawl epidemic.
Ohio residents will soon be paying six cents more per gallon of gasoline and several more dollars per vehicle registration for more roads even though our population is declining or barely growing in most areas.
When will Ohio's politicians finally realize we are sick of our state's attractiveness being destroyed by the subsidization of sprawl with rising taxes?
When will these politicians, many of whom have been ridiculing the "cost" of mass transit alternatives, recognize this hypocrisy?
In the early 1920s, southwest Ohio had the nation's second largest network of interurbans connecting our cities and towns at speeds as high as 90 miles per hour.
Now all we have is a growing noose of freeways that usually can't even move us at sixty-five since all they've done is hollow out our cities causing more driving per citizen. Soon, we'll also have more taxes to worsen the mess. What a great way to celebrate Ohio's bicentennial!
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