CONTACT: Craig Thompson, Transportation Development Association (TDA) Executive Director
(608) 256-7044;
Craig.Thompson@tdawisconsin.org
Measure will be on fall general election ballot in over 50 other Wisconsin counties
MADISON – With an almost three-to-one margin, Racine County voters sent a clear message to Madison: Keep transportation dollars in transportation.
Finding Forward, a broad-based coalition that supports amending the Wisconsin constitution to prohibit transferring money from the transportation fund, released a statement today applauding the results of yesterday’s referendum vote in Racine County.
“The response from Racine shows that this issue is not about politics, it’s just common sense,” says Craig Thompson, executive director of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin. “There was no radio or TV advertising, no direct mail pieces. We simply gave people a vehicle to be heard on an issue they feel strongly about.”
In Racine, the county clerk’s unofficial tally showed that 18,748 votes were cast in favor of the advisory referendum on amending the constitution to prohibit transfer of transportation funds, with only 6,676 votes cast against it.
An identical advisory referendum will be on the fall general election ballots in more than 50 additional Wisconsin counties.
Finding Forward is supported by a diverse group of partners including private businesses, organized labor, regional planning interests, county and municipal officials, agricultural and housing organizations, and others. The group notes that the majority of states in the nation currently protect their transportation funds via constitutional provisions. More information about members of Finding Forward and the campaign to safeguard Wisconsin’s transportation fund is available at http://www.FindingForwardWisconsin.org.
