By Vincent Carroll, Rocky Mountain News

How does Gov. Bill Ritter figure that Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany "didn't go to the people who are impacted" before crafting his proposal that allows tolling Interstate 70 to pay for highway upgrades?

"Not doing any due diligence was a mistake on McElhany's part," Ritter told KOA's Mike Rosen.

But the Colorado Springs Republican talks every day to people who drive I-70 and who will be affected by his proposal. So does Ritter and everyone else who lives or works in the metro area. The fewer than 10,000 people in Clear Creek County, where weekend congestion bottlenecks mainly occur, and the somewhat heftier population in Summit County, are hardly the only Coloradans with a stake in a transportation solution for this critical corridor....

Ready full column at: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/11/carroll-that-i-70-rumble/