The following commentary by Rep. Linda Slocum was posted on the Sun-Current website May 20, 2017:
To the Editor:
In response to a recent letter by Metropolitan Council Member Steve Elkins (“Legislature’s transit cuts would be dangerous”), I write to provide a critically important clarification.
Mr. Elkins is right that the transportation budget that passed out of the House would cause draconian cuts to transit, amounting to a 40 percent reduction in basic bus service and thrusting thousands more cars onto our traffic-jammed streets. Continue reading “Republicans the leading force behind nonsensical cuts”