2012.02.15
Editorial: Bonds for sewage upgrades
A shared responsibility
The governor and state delegates have an obligation to support localities as they upgrade sewage plants to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
It was bad enough that the House Appropriations Committee carried over till next year a bill to authorize up to $300 million in bonds to help Virginia localities upgrade wastewater treatment plants to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Worse was the effluent that flowed last week about the state’s obligation.
The state agreed seven years ago to share the cost of modernizing plants; $100 million of the bonds at issue is past due to localities for projects planned with the assurance of state help. The balance would take care of requests the state anticipates from localities in the next couple of years.
The good folks in the GA have obviously been too busy maintaining the integrity of every sperm and egg in the Commonwealth to consider small things like going to the toilet. Note: I did not call the GA “anal retentive.”
Comment by Saintbridge — February 16, 2012 @ 5:36 pm