Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-30
GOODLOE HAS GIVEN
THE REAL FACTS
In His Letters About Special
Road Tax-Read Again What
1t Means To The County

his various letters that friends O
the proposition want to have I'M
pressed upon the people some o
the strong arguments he ha:
made. In his first letters to The
people in answering some crit
cisms, he covered the matter
ably and thoroughly. Read agai1
what he says of the plans fol
handling the road situation il
Madison:
To the Editor Daily Register;
Dear Sir Much discussion, pre-
and con, is proceeding as to the
proposed extra tax Of zoe per
hundred dollars for roads and
bridges to be voted on by the
people at the November election
and as muc'H more discussion
will and should come before
election Ia,e : think it is my du-
ty as Ccs-ty Judge of Madison
CoMlty to state the reasons, as |
see them, ior the calling of the
election by the Fiscal Court.
No answer can be made to the
assertion that taxes are high
enough already, nor to the fact
that money is wasted in con-
Quoting almost every public work
from the smallest unit like a
school district to the national
government at Washington City
and | shall not attempt to dis
cuss these features in this state
ment but will briefly state the
case as it tonfronts the Fiscal
Court and ;he Court only desires
in calling the election to place
The problem where it properly
hcIongs, before the people of
madison county.
There are within the county,
pixies or roads that are now or
have been what is called macad-
eTnized, 294 miles of which
Observation-Disclosures .a.12 "a
Riofmond-Iryine ,.......11 1-3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .....12 IL
Richmond-Lexington -. 10 Rs
Richmond Nicholasville ..12 II
Richmond Mt. Vernon. 10 IL
Kingston Mckee ...... 10 IL
making in all SO IL miles, have
been designated as a part Of the
state primary inter-county seat
roads by act of the legislature
at the 1920 session.
This SO IL miles has been abb
sorbing and will continue to alb
sorb under the present system
50 per cent of our income, leav-
irg only 20 per cent for the 9TH
er 207 IL miles of pike. 1t is
perfectly apparent that the 80
Per cent for the inter-county
scat roads and the 20 per cent
for the remaining 207 IL miles
are wholly inadequate. The State
Aid plan plainly stated is this:
The State says if Madison coun-
ty will put up $3.50 with her she
will build our roads and when
completed will maintain them.
In one sweep ridding the coun-
ty of so per cent of her road
expense. Next, where does the
State get her part of this fund?
From the auto license and gas
tax only, which produces $780,
0OG annually, and of the sum
Madison comfy pays about $685.
0C0 annually which we can get
back only by accepting her prop
osition for State Aid; otherwise
it goes our of Madison county
and some other county will get
it. It will have to be paid out
and whether we bring it back or
not is for the people to decide.
After we once get our roads
built it will come back without
any further outlay on our part.
for the maintenance of these
roads.
This will leave the county in
the new position of having only
207 IL miles of the secondary
roads with the present fund and
the use of the entire force of
men and machinery of the coun-
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