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Archer McDaniel Arts Section Men's Soccer
Volume 69 Number 6 SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale November 8, 1988 Rambler Cuomo At Farmingdale
By Michelle Pipia
Rambler Staff Reporter
On Thursday, October 28, 1988, SUNY
Farmingdale was honored to have Governor Mario
Cuomo visit our campus in conjunction with a
public forum on the transportation issue.
The Rebuild New York '88 Transporta-tion
Bond Act will be called Proposition One on
the ballot of Election Day. In order to rehabilitate
roads and bridges statewide, this Bond Act will
provide three billion dollars to do so. Out of this
total amount, about six hundred ninety million
dollars will go to Long Island, primarily to re-lieve
traffic congestion.
Governor Mario Cuomo stated cleariy
that if Proposition One is passed, it will provide
the state of New York with numerous benefits to:
improve safety on our highways, repair deterio-rating
roads and bridges, reduce traffic conges-tion,
generate over nineteen thousand jobs, and
economic activity will gain approximately 5.7%
over previous figures.
As a result of this Bond issue, there will
be several highlights for Long Island, such as: an
additional fourth lane on the LIE from Exit 40 to
64, completion of the service roads on the LIE,
the expansion between Routes 106 and 135 on
Jericho Turnpike, resurfacing and rehabilitation
projects for the Northern State Parkway, safety
improvements for the Southern State Parkway,
Mario Cuomo with Rambler Editors June Hunt and Patti Castagna
and much more.
In Governor Cuomo's address to the
public, he announced that few disagree about the
urgent need for road and bridge improvements.
Overwhelming amounts of Republicans, Demo-crats,
Liberals, etcetera are all in agreement that
Long Island needs this Bond issue. However,
some people came up with an alternative in
enhancing th transportation project. They argue
that there should be an increase in taxes or fees so
that the cost of these improvements would be
paid for annually, rather than spread over a number
of years. If we were to abide by this suggestion,
indeed taxes would have to be increased signifi-cantly:
an additional twelve cents per gallon of
gasoline tax, the tripling of vehicle registration
fees, or a combination of increases would be
required.
In opposition to this suggestion. Gover-nor
Cuomo specified that the Rebuild New York
'88 Bond Act would spread the cost of road and
bridge improvements over "their useful life". As
a result, this would avoid excessive burdens on
any one years' budget and would not require tax
or fee increases.
As was said at the public forum, "This is
a golden opportunity for Long Island and a golden
opportunity only knocks once."
As part of Student Governments President Jim Sullivan's Campaign
Promises, He Included The Possibility of Condom Machine's On Campus.
Now He Wants Your Opinion:
Do You Think There Should Be Condom Machines On
Where?
Rambler Poll
Campus,
Yescn
No n
in Dorms,
Yes •
No r
For Commuters
vfesn
No
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