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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 26, 1989
Group tries to pass state highway plan
by John P. Milburn Kansan staff writer
When the 1989 Legislature decides the issue of the comprehensive highway program, it will mark the end of the road, for some Kansas
For two years, a group of businessmen, economic developers and civic leaders have lobbied legislators to pass a highway program. The goal of that group, Economic Lifelines, will be achieved by the end of this week.
The organization was formed in January 1987 before the start of the Legislative session, said Ed Bruske, head of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Economic Lifelines board member.
"It's a group that has come up with its own solution," Bruske said. "The solution is a total comprehensive program to take us out and highways for 12 to 15 years. To do that is an expensive process."
Because of the failure of a 1987 special session to pass highway legislation, the organization decided to broaden its membership to strengthen support for the multi-billion dollar program. Bruske said.
Membership includes economic development officials in large and small cities. Bruske with small cities were concerned with getting from one point to another, while cities such as Topeka, Kansas City and Wichita were concerned with internal improvement.
"That's why the organization has broadened out. You've got people that are business types who are interested in interacting with customers," he said.
Bruske said that people from larger Kansas cities, especially in the Kansas City area, were interested in the development of open land-locked property.
However, the work of the Missouri Legislature to improve highway conditions would continue to give Johnson a competitive for new industry, he said.
If quick access isn't there, businesses are going to look to Missouri, Oklahoma or Nebraska to locate the transportation systems. Bruske said.
Judy Rumnels, executive director of the organization, joined the group last year and has seen its composition change from Republican businessmen to more bipartisan membership.
membership Economic Lifelines drew support
from the National Education Association, the AFL-CIO, and John Montgomery, who was the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 1986, she said. Runnels served in the House before running for Secretary of State in 1986, only to lose to Republican Bill Graves.
"It is really not a partisan issue; it's an economic issue," Runnels said.
Twenty grassroots organizations have been formed with a chairman in each district. The headquarters sends information to the districts where reports and video tapes to illustrate the state's highway needs. she said.
"It has all been private money spent on this effort. This group formed just to get the highway prosecution off." We will dissolve, "we will dissolve," Runnels said.
however, in the event that the Legislature does not pass the program, she said they would take to Teopeka to continue lobbying.
One message the organization tried to stress to the Legislature was that Kansas could not rely on user fees to pay for highway improvements, Bruske said. If the state were Ohio or New Jersey, increased user fees would be an alternative. Because Kansas' population is small, the group is stressing sales tax increases and bonding.
The Legislature today is scheduled to address the issue of raising the sales tax from 4 percent to 4.5 percent. The bill was designed by Economic Lifelines and introduced by the legislature in the form of showing the state how education and highways had common interests.
Half of the revenue from the increase would be used for education and the other half would be used for highway projects. Some members of the board will accept the bill as being an unfair play to tieuction to the highway bill.
"There is just not enough of us to pay for it (highway repair), so you have to start reaching in other pockets." Bruske said.
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