In the first paragraph, Rohrbach writes: "Just 10 years ago I supported a six-cent fuel tax increase, and we're worse off now than we were then." What was Rohrbach's purpose in adding this sentence?

The career that i have* decided to present this year is photography. photographers use both aritficial and natural lighting*use a transition sentence when going into the 2nd paragraphso.. photographer? *in order for me to be a photographer* scratch "accomplish this ranking" then say, i must first.. and continue on the sentence instead of different use various*