Who Stands to Benefit from the Sales Tax Referendum?

Donations of more than $500 makeup 97% of the money raised by Citizens for Better Transportation to pass the tax increase. 42% of funds were derived from the top 4 donors alone. The top 12 donors provided 74% of funding. Of those 12, 9 represent the real estate/construction industry. Totals exceed 100% due to rounding.
Source: The Virginia Public Access Project

Commuters Lose - Developers Win
In August, Prince William County approved an additional 5000 houses and 16 million square feet of office development at Gainesville - that's ½ of Tyson's Corner and on top of thousands of homes and commercial development already in the pipeline. This will consume any gains made by widening I-66 with your tax dollars.

Last year, Prince William County approved thousands more houses and millions of square feet of commercial development at Southbridge. Combined with continuing development in Stafford, Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg, this will consume any gains from expanding I-95 or Route 1 with your tax dollars.

Developers have been the primary contributors to the misnamed "Citizens for Better Transportation," the booster group for the tax increase... see for yourself.

Without Better Growth Management, Widening Highways Won't Work
We all know what happened in Los Angeles. If you build it, it will come - more sprawl development that is. We need a commitment from the development industry and our elected officials to growth management and better planning, before raising our taxes.