Band-Aid fix can't replace chemotherapy

To the editor:

In response to the editorial "MoDOT starts thinking outside the box": Let me see if I understand this. If our highways were a major fire that threatened the lives and businesses of the state, you would suggest that the state fire marshal buy a garden hose, but not sufficient equipment to put out the fire. A little tax to put a Band-Aid on the cancer of bad roads is OK, but not the chemotherapy needed to cure the problem. Oh, the vision of the right. It's so inspiring.

KATHY CRAMER

Jefferson City, Mo.