Virginia House refuses to consider Landes’ bill to reopen rest stops
The Virginia House of Delegates Wednesday killed any chance of considering Del. Steve Landes’ bill on reopening Virginia’s closed rest stops and VDOT residency offices.
The House passed by a vote of 82-7 a resolution limiting legislation to be considered during the special called session, which was called by the governor to address a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Landes, R-Weyers Cave, drafted the legislation calling for an immedate reopening of the 19 closed rest stops and VDOT residency offices.
Del. Ben Cline, R-Lexington, a co-sponsor of the Landes legislation, said “we consider both the residencies and rest areas to be important public safety institutions.“
Cline said Gov. Timothy Kaine “needs to take another look at his VDOT budget and find the money to keep the residencies and rest stops open.“
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There is NO reason why these rest stops cannot be reopened and turn a profit.
1) They pay no real estate taxes
2) they pay no rent
3)They need to be maintained anyway to preserve them for better times..
so the only TRUE cost is the people who work there, the water electric and phone.
If the state cannot sell enough advertising and vendor space to cover the overhead then the people who are resppnsible for selling it should be FIRED and their salaries used to reopen the stops.
These rest stops are the perfect place to advertise to bring tourism to Va businesses and that is all “out of town” new money.
Kaine needs a lesson in economics 101.
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