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Love the DAVE act as our NC version of DOGE. Dave Boliek will do it without the fanfare or front page press but he will bring accountability and enhanced efficiency to our most wasteful processes. But the PAVE act has a brilliant subtly to it. It’s long been known that the General Assembly prefers a “Roads First” Charlotte expenditure for future transit needs and allowing the people to vote on a 1 cent sales tax must have a provision to protect them from the city saying one thing and doing another. By putting limits on what can be spend on roads, rail and Bus rapid transit, etc… it does just that. And the PAVE acronym clearly sends the message roads should be the focus. Building a light rail that stops a mile from the airport and requires a shuttle bus is incomprehensible. Most major cities have the light rail go right into the airport terminal. And when above ground access was not available they built a tunnel and had it go underground, No question we need better infrastructure as we have outgrown our current road system and the trolly folly spent millions upon millions to just further mess up traffic. We could have bought every rider a new car and paid their gas and have plenty left over to start that tunnel!!

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