Letter by Sen. Andy McElhany, published in the Denver Post

Re: “Better roads may be coming,” Feb. 1 editorial.

The Post’s editorial staffers ought to read their own paper’s news reports more carefully. We were not, as a Post editorial concluded, “ ‘flabbergasted’ that [Gov. Bill] Ritter would consider providing any new revenue for our crumbling highway network.” In a rush to be clever, it seems your editorialist may have skipped a line or two.

Post reporter Jennifer Brown got it right in her Jan. 31 story, as did our own website, www.coloradosenatenews.com: My Senate GOP colleagues and I were “flabbergasted” that the governor still has no firm proposal for transportation funding after nearly a year of study.

Republicans, by contrast, have a plan. Far from opposing new revenue, we are the ones advocating for it - without raising taxes and fees....