State budget committee recommends dissolving four regional transit authorities. (Wisconsin State Journal, 5/3/2011)
Excerpt: A legislative committee voted 12-4 Tuesday to add to the state budget a provision dissolving four regional transit authorities, including one in Dane County that had developed a plan for improved bus service.
Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, co-chairman of the Joint Finance Committee, said the authorities are unpopular, unelected "abominations" that would raise taxes.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said he was disappointed because better transit options would help attract business investment and handle traffic congestion in the state's fastest-growing county.
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