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The “STOP Highway Robbery!” effort is aimed at preventing another
$200 million “raid” on the State’s Transportation Trust Fund.
Check out the materials posted below -- and join us as we encourage
Governor Bush and Florida Legislators to do the right thing by
STOPPING Highway Robbery!
-- Douglas J. Callaway, FBT President
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March 24, 2004 - See the latest
list and photos of Florida Legislators
who have signed the TRU$T Pledge.
March 22, 2004 - Today's Chamber Insider includes an article encouraging all legislators to "do the right thing" and use the Transportation Trust Fund for transportation purposes only.
See today's Chamber Insider.
January 7, 2004 - Here's the
"STOP HIGHWAY ROBBERY" cover story --
written by FBT President Doug Callaway -- from the Winter 2004 edition of Florida
Transportation Builder magazine.
January 2, 2004 - AAA Auto Club South Vice President Kevin Bakewell
really hits the nail on the head when he writes that "Diverted Road Funds
Jeopardize Safety, Commerce & Tourism." Click
here to read Kevin's
excellent article from the latest issue of AAA's "Going Places"
magazine. AAA Auto Club South has over 2 million members in Florida . . .
and they vote!.
December 10, 2003 - A Tallahassee Democrat story about Senate
President-designate Tom Lee contained some very encouraging words for
those interested in transportation and opposed to "raids" on the
Transportation Trust Fund. Click
here to access this article.
December 4, 2003 - View the
letter FBT President Doug
Callaway has sent to each of the 44 Florida Legislators who have
signed the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Taxpayer Protection
pledge. A list of these Legislators is available from the
ATR Web site.
December 2, 2003 - TRU$T Pledge -- Borrowing a page from the
“playbook” of
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) - an anti-tax group in Washington, D.C. -
the FBT-led “TRU$T” Coalition (Transportation Revenues Used Strictly for
Transportation) recently unveiled the “Transportation Trust Fund Protection
Pledge” - the latest phase of the “STOP Highway Robbery!” campaign. Click
here to view the TRU$T Pledge
which Florida Legislators are being asked to sign. Click
here to read the memo sent to
each Legislator.
December 1, 2003 - See the
article from the Florida
Chamber of Commerce's December 1 edition of the "Chamber Insider".
November 13, 2003 - Read the new
letter sent to the Governor
by the Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council
(MPOAC).
November 5, 2003 - See the new
draft 'STOP Highway Robbery'
resolution and access the new
sample 'STOP Highway Robbery'
Letter to the Editor
October 27, 2003 - Read the Florida Chamber of
Commerce's "Chamber Insider" article about Stopping Highway Robbery.
October 27, 2003 - View
"Talking Points" for
the FBT-led 'TRU$T' Coalition to STOP Highway Robbery.
OCTOBER COMMITTEE WEEK LETTERS
October 24, 2003 - View new "Get 95% Back" letters from
the FBT-led 'TRU$T' Coalition encouraging the
Governor and
Legislators to STOP Highway
Robbery.
October 23, 2003 - View new "Reduce Traffic Congestion" letters from the FBT-led 'TRU$T' Coalition encouraging the
Governor and
Legislators to STOP Highway
Robbery.
October 22, 2003 - View new "Make Driving Safer ... For Everyone"
letters from the FBT-led 'TRU$T' Coalition encouraging the
Governor and
Legislators to STOP Highway
Robbery.
October 21, 2003 - View new "Transportation Investments =
Economic Development" letters from the FBT-led 'TRU$T' Coalition
encouraging the
Governor and
Legislators to STOP Highway
Robbery.
October 20, 2003 - View new "Keep the 'Trust' in the Trust
Fund" letters from the FBT-led 'TRU$T' Coalition encouraging the
Governor and
Legislators to STOP Highway
Robbery.
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October 16, 2003 - View new letters from the FBT
-led 'TRU$T' Coalition encouraging the
Governor and
Legislators to STOP Highway
Robbery. |
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