CONTACT: Craig Thompson, exec. director, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin
(608) 256-7044; Craig.Thompson@tdawisconsin.org
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WHAT: News Conference
WHEN: Monday, June 28, 10 a.m.
WHERE: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Parlor
WHO: Coalition of local government, private business, labor, regional planners and others
WHY: Announce support for amending Wisconsin constitution to protect transportation funds
MADISON – Speakers representing a broad-based coalition of county and municipal government, private businesses, organized labor, non-profit associations, regional planning interests, housing organizations and other groups, will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 28, in the state capitol Assembly Parlor to call for constitutional protection of the state’s transportation fund.
The coalition, called Finding Forward, supports amending the Wisconsin constitution to require that money in the state’s transportation fund be spent only for transportation purposes. As a first step in that process, Finding Forward supports placing an advisory referendum question on this November’s election ballot so that voters can weigh in on whether the transportation fund should be specifically protected from being used to fill gaps in the state’s general fund budget or for any other non-transportation use.
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