ays. By the time you drive past the construction area half of the Caltrans workers are standing around doing next to nothing and getting paid big bucks to be there. Without any competition the state worker union contracts allow for this waste, all at the taxpayers expense. I think many other rush hour commuters feel the same way as me and will vote for Proposition 35. I think California taxpayers are sick of the construction projects that seem to be taking forever to finish or are abandoned without being finished for years. I think these fed up taxpayers will vote for Proposition 35 hoping that the private sector will not let the same problems occur and will actually get the projects done as soon as possible. The prices for the construction projects will also become more competitive when the market becomes open to outside contractors. California will be best served by adopting Proposition 35. Although the public and private sector will be working together to complete the thousands of projects, the private sector will most likely raise the Caltrans standards by being in competition with them. If the private sector were to let projects go unfinished or to delay projects for long periods of time, the private sector would be fired from the project or face daily delay of completion penalties. Unfortunately, Caltrans can’t be fired because under current law there is nobody else to finish the project. By adopting Proposition 35 this will all change. Caltrans will be forced to finish projects as soon as possible or they run the risk of the private sector being paid to finish the job. The competition that Proposition 35 will create will be beneficial to California’s taxpayers and commuters. Caltrans will not be able to get away with standing around on the job doing next to nothing. The construction projects will get done faster and cheaper so the commute delays will not last as long. YES on Proposition 35 means road projects will be ...
