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Metsger is promoting a combina- tion of both a fuel tax and registration fee increase, but he said some politi- cians “are running to the exits” when- ever transportation funding is broach- ed. He said transportation funding should be a litmus test for construction unions as they make political endorse- ments. “There are a lot of people run- ning for office who say they support transportation. You need to ask them what that means,” he said. Oregon House Majority Leader Dave Hunt said his top priority for the 2009 Legislature will be transporta- tion. “This will never poll well,” he said. “People don’t connect economy to roads. But you can’t have one with- out the other.” Senate Majority Leader Richard De- vlin said he would support a gas tax in- crease, but was unsure of what support he had among his Democratic caucus. “We have to be smart about what- ever we adopt. We will have to make it clear what we’re buying with that gas tax,” he said. If somebody can make that case, De- vlin said the Democratic caucus will certainly consider it. Former Oregon AFL-CIO president Tim Nesbitt, a top aide to Gov. Ted Ku- longoski, said the governor has a full agenda as he heads into his last two years in office. The governor, Nesbitt said, will be seeking input from labor in shaping and moving that agenda, which includes energy, health care, transporta- tion, and workforce training. Nesbitt said the advantages Oregon has, such as its relatively low cost land and natural resources, a diverse work- force, and its location on the Pacific Rim, put the state in a good position to grow. “I would summarize that as the nation goes, Oregon will go one better, or even two better if we play our cards right in shaping our future,” Nesbitt said. 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