As I sat in traffic today on I66, again, I kept thinking of how Virginian lawmakers screwed up another chance to establish funding for Northern Virginia's congestion problems. Folks not affected by the congestion refuse to pay an increase in taxes. The regional tax increase plan did not succeed either.
I think it's time for Northern Virginia to secede from Virginia (just like West Virgnia did) and create a new 51st state. It's time law makers from NoVa took matters in their own hands and paid attention to the areas congestion issue. It is impossible to get any where in less than 30 mins. Rtes. 28 and 7, Dulles Toll Road, Beltway, I66 are all congested beyond imagination. Every one either commutes to DC or to Tyson's Corner for work. In fact, this area is turning Democratic (as opposed to the Republican Va). Virginia is slowly turning a blue state i.e. Northern Va is blue as opposed to rest of the state. Additionally, people residing in this area now recognize these few counties as NoVa anway.
Really, if the folks down south are not going to listen to us, it is time for us 'Northern Virginians' to take matters into our own hands and create a new state.
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