Hundreds of Florida transportation contractors descended upon Tallahassee last week to rally against a pending $160-million raid of the State Transportation Trust Fund and to encourage Gov. Charlie Crist to use his veto power to stop it. It�s the last hope to stop the transfer of funds, says Robert G. Burleson, president of the Florida Transportation Builders Association of Tallahassee.
“We are putting all of the pressure we can – meaning phone calls, emails, access to the governor’s office – from our members and their employees to get him to consider a veto,” Burleson says. “I don’t think it’s out of the question. There’s a chance he might do it. It’s all about jobs, and he’s made jobs one of the keynotes of his campaign for the Senate.”