There are several divisive issues on this year’s ballot, but one local proposition has earned the support of elected officials in both parties, as well as business and community leaders, nonprofit and faith leaders, and many more: Proposition 479.

This key measure keeps in place Maricopa County’s existing investment in transportation, one that has made the Valley’s freeway system one of the best in America.

If it fails, the dedicated revenue toward our infrastructure will go away. More people will move here, but we won’t have the resources to build new roads and improve and........

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