SOUTH CAROLINA

REBELS WITHOUT ROADS

South Carolina’s Traffic Jam

• 26-year-old 16 cents fuel tax• 28-year-old Truck Regis Fees – Max $800• 42,000 mi. state-system (too large x2)• No local Tax Power• High-growth/Port/Tourism-Bridge State• “No-Tax!”, No-Guts, No-Leadership• First-Term YFI Governor Desiring DeMint’s

Path to Prosperity

SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTED NEWT IN PRIMARY!!

Sent Mark Appalachian-Trail, Dump-Billionaire-Heiress-Wife-for-Argentinian-“SoulMate” Sanford Back to

Congress!!??!!

South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads

A non-partisan, non-profit group dedicated to advocating for critical highway funding.

Bill Ross, Executive Director

Membership Breakdown30 Businesses

30 Local Chambers of Commerce17 State-wide Trade Associations

Safety advocatesConservation advocates

Petroleum providersHighways industry associations

AgricultureTrucking Association

Default Manifesto

“Growth, Re-Directs, Surpluses NOW”(“Taxes” Later)

(Oh, and..NO TOLLS!!)

• Growth (GF budget base- recurring)- $50M Bonded for I/B

• Re-Directed ½ $300 Vehicle Sales Tax (recurring) – $41.4M for Secondary system

• Surplus $50M – bridges

We gave them the road map to the future.

They took the route to 2015.

Only Hope for 2014 (Gov’s Election-Year)

• $50M more Growth• Balance of Vehicle Sales Tax –

Permanent• Surplus• Maybe IRP “Road Use Fee” (in lieu

of Property Tax)• Maybe Regis. Fees• IE: More of the Same• Doubt Indexing Fuels Tax

2015?

Depends on Who’s Governor