Interfaith group to release transit funding report
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By LILLIAN KAFKA, Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger
Published: May 8, 2008
An interfaith organization will discuss tax increase effects on middle- and low-income families when it releases a transportation funding report on Thursday morning.
Michael Cassidy, executive director of the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis will present the report's details in Richmond, said Patrick Getlein, the group's spokesman.
The institute is a program of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, an advocacy organization for Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups.
Cassidy will discuss how different proposals to raise money for transportation will treat different families disparately, Getlein said.
Legislators have floated various ways to fund transportation in Virginia, including raising a sales tax on gasoline since Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said he could announce a special session on transportation later this year.
Getlein said the press conference will be held at 11 a.m. today at the General Assembly Building in Richmond.
Staff writer Lillian Kafka can be reached at 703-878-8065.
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