[Bubba]

Why can't the city/county government pass a new law. Not sure if law is the proper term, but hopefully you will get my point.

My idea is for the city and/or county to charge the packing houses a 1/2 cent per head heavy usage tax for trucks driving on our city streets and tearing them up. From ruts in the road to potholes and bullsh!t dumped on the streets from the trucks. The 1/2 cent would actually be a 1/4 cent coming and 1/4 cent going. That way you get the bull haulers and the processed beef trucks.

I don't think that would be too big of a burden for the plants, and it would put some of the street repair costs back on the biggest problem of our streets not lasting very long.

My rough, and I feel conservative, estimate on the number of head processed each week, that tax would amount to around $10,200.00 per year that would be specifically earmarked for street repair in the city. It might also help keep our property taxes in the city/county down.

What do the rest of you think? Good idea? Bad idea? How would we go about getting something like that passed?