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Kathleen Vinehout
stated on May 1, 2018 an interview:

Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2018 a speech:

"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."

By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on December 18, 2017 a tweet:

"Road projects across the state are staying on track or getting done sooner thanks to the good work of the team at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation."

By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2018

Travis Allen
stated on June 15, 2017 a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article:

"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."

By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2017

Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
stated on July 7, 2017 a recall filing:

Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."

By Tom Kertscher • July 14, 2017

Melissa Melendez
stated on May 11, 2017 a press release and a tweet:

California Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed "diverting 30 percent of the funding" from the state’s gas tax increase "to non-road related projects like building parks and job training for felons."

By Chris Nichols • May 19, 2017

Roger Williams
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau:

"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016

Jimmy Flannigan
stated on September 12, 2016 an Austin Monitor interview that day plus forums later:

Says that he’s responsible for Austin including Anderson Mill Road in the city's proposed transportation bond package.

By Nolan Hicks • November 1, 2016

Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin PAC
stated on October 23, 2016 an ad in the Austin American-Statesman:

Says Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s transportation plans linked to Proposition 1 on the ballot remove "27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city," replacing "them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles" and buses.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 28, 2016

Bike Austin
stated on June 8, 2016 a press release:

"Bike lanes and sidewalks have been proven to reduce crashes by up to 38 percent on Austin’s streets."

By Jane Wester • July 29, 2016

Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on June 27, 2016 a television ad:

"Many Nevadans relied on Uber for work, but after accepting $70,000 from taxi companies, Catherine Cortez Masto went after Uber ... (driving) them out of town."

By Riley Snyder • July 7, 2016

Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4:

Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."

By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016

Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 a news release:

"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."

By Tom Kertscher • February 5, 2016

Bryan Hughes
stated on December 1, 2015 a campaign press release:

"David Simpson actually voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015

Jim Patterson
stated on November 3, 2015 a news article:

"We now know these firms are unwilling to put up any private money," for California's high-speed rail project.

By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2015

Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 a forum:

In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."

By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2015

Erick Erickson
stated on October 9, 2015 a blog post:

"Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."

By Tom Kertscher • October 15, 2015

Jay Nixon
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair:

"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."

By Allison Graves • September 29, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."

By Katie Sanders • June 17, 2015

Akbar Al Baker
stated on March 16, 2015 an interview:

The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.

By Nancy Badertscher • May 19, 2015

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