The following is a letter received by Val Wormell, WRTC chair, on March 14, 2015, from a life-long Republican and Navy veteran (1962, Cuban Blockade).

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Val,

Read your letter to the Lowell Sun pertaining to the meeting on transportation. Needless to say, your acceptance on fees for miles driven (tax) led me to some consternation; a weak republican. Are you for miles driven for the average Joe and Jane? If so, that mimics the left-wing democrats in Oregon and Washington. Look what happened to all the fees, gasoline taxes, excise taxes, the entire gamut {of taxes} just to drive on our roads. There should be more than enough, much more to cover the costs. Where did and does it go?  Into the general fund so the politicians can throw it about on a slew of social programs, pay raises galore for government hacks, pensions and thousands in programs for illegals.

You must know this state is corrupt from top to bottom. Nepotism galore in all areas, insane pay raises and pensions that can never be paid for, not even by {our} kids, which the same hacks will rely on. We pay more than our share in wallet theft now. Democrats live to take, take, and take and then elevate their salaries to ease their pain. Look at the loot the Organizers haul in on the Olympic Committee alone. Council members in Boston took a $25,000 pay hike at one time.  On and on it goes.

We have had 5, count them, speakers indicted in a row and could be 6. No other state can match that. There should be huge marches up to Beacon Hill to stop all the rot going on. There must be a new bill filed that leads to an “instant recall.” Patronization, nepotism must end. . .

Al from Lowell, MA

No Al, I do not support nor would ever support a fee for miles driven. Val