The Plano City Council's resolution to reduce DART funding is a shortsighted plan that ignores the long-term transportation needs of a growing Dallas-Fort...
The DART Parker Road Station in Plano seen from above. The Plano City Council says it's concerned that taxpayers aren’t getting proportional quality of service for what they pay. There are talks about reducing sales tax contributions to the agency by a quarter. It's a shortsighted plan. There is a troubling trend we are seeing in North Texas that will make it harder for our region to develop. It will also hurt working people right away.
Plano’s City Council says it’s concerned that taxpayers aren’t getting proportional quality of service for what they pay. It argues DART should cut expenses and consider bringing more cities in to supply more revenue, this newspaper reported.We’re not sure what DART is failing so badly to deliver on, or how it should cut costs without wasting existing investments.
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