It is sad to hear local road commissions already put the ultimatum out that snowplowing this year is going to take longer than in the past because of budget issues. We find this deplorable and ask state lawmakers to fix things in Lansing or come drive on our roads in the dead of winter. Delta County has said it was shorted by the state by about $100,000. What this translates into is it is going to take longer to clean up primary roads because the overtime will be limited. If you live on secondary roads, you may as well forget it. We find this unacceptable. We all pay taxes on gasoline and should receive the benefits for which those taxes were established. If the state cannot live up to its end in funding county road commissions, then remove the tax. At least then we get what we are paying for, and not paying for something and getting nothing. So far, we have been lucky with no snow falling from the skies yet.