Close interstate rest areas ... VDOT's bluff?

Jerry at From On High may be on the right track when he said:

Personally, I think VDOT is just trying to get more funding by threatening to close rest stops along Virginia's interstates. But that's just an opinion.

My husband is a truck driver and he thinks the state is using the rest area closures as a hot-button issue to get citizens up in arms over the budget cuts. It's happened before ... it will happen again. Take something that everyone is familiar with and dangle it like a carrot out there as an example of what will happen if the budget is cut because taxes aren't raised.

Message: Don't protest your taxes or the rest areas will close.

Problem: The pork in the budget is not exposed.