Welcome to Taxachusetts!!!
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05-20-2008, 01:12 PM
Welcome to Taxachusetts!!!
As if we aren't already having the gas prices stuck up our @sses
http://bostonherald.com/news/regiona...icleid=1095213
Pols say Turnpike board eyes tolls on more roads
Beacon Hill lawmakers blasted a Turnpike move yesterday to count cars on the Zakim Bridge and other arteries in Boston as a thinly veiled push to put up new tolls - even as officials insisted that isn’t the case.
“Why else would you do it?” said longtime toll foe Sen. Steve Baddour (D-Methuen) of the decision to measure traffic volume. “It’s almost as if they’re desperate for more revenue.”
The final tally will tell state officials how much they could rake in if tolls were put in place in key spots around the Hub such as on the Leonard Zakim bridge and in the Tip O’Neill Tunnel under Boston.
“It seems like they’re still interested in (adding tolls), and right now, given the price of gas, we need to be very, very wary of any further increases on the commuting public,” said Sen. Steve Panagiotakos (D-Lowell).
Both Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen and Gov. Deval Patrick insisted there are no plans for new tolls yesterday, saying the focus is on cutting costs within the Transportation Department.
But the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has been studying placing tolls on Interstate 93 since earlier this year.
And Cohen, while denying any immediate plans for new tolls, has said all options are being reviewed as the Turnpike Authority gathers information about traffic flow.
The traffic-counting move casts suspicion on the insistance that no new tolls are currently in the works, lawmakers said.
“It’s time for the right hand to realize what the left hand is doing,” Baddour said.
The new tolls would address complaints of toll inequity from western Massachusetts drivers, and the extra cash would come in handy as the Pike struggles financially.
“I think it’s going to be difficult to pay off the Big Dig simply by cost reduction,” said Turnpike Authority Board member Mary Connaughton, who supports putting up new tolls.
Both Baddour and Panagiotakos vowed to fight any new tolls, and tax watchdog Barbara Anderson said already-strapped drivers would rebel.
“You’d be talking a major driver revolution,” said Anderson, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation. “People won’t tolerate it.”
http://bostonherald.com/news/regiona...icleid=1095213
Pols say Turnpike board eyes tolls on more roads
Beacon Hill lawmakers blasted a Turnpike move yesterday to count cars on the Zakim Bridge and other arteries in Boston as a thinly veiled push to put up new tolls - even as officials insisted that isn’t the case.
“Why else would you do it?” said longtime toll foe Sen. Steve Baddour (D-Methuen) of the decision to measure traffic volume. “It’s almost as if they’re desperate for more revenue.”
The final tally will tell state officials how much they could rake in if tolls were put in place in key spots around the Hub such as on the Leonard Zakim bridge and in the Tip O’Neill Tunnel under Boston.
“It seems like they’re still interested in (adding tolls), and right now, given the price of gas, we need to be very, very wary of any further increases on the commuting public,” said Sen. Steve Panagiotakos (D-Lowell).
Both Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen and Gov. Deval Patrick insisted there are no plans for new tolls yesterday, saying the focus is on cutting costs within the Transportation Department.
But the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has been studying placing tolls on Interstate 93 since earlier this year.
And Cohen, while denying any immediate plans for new tolls, has said all options are being reviewed as the Turnpike Authority gathers information about traffic flow.
The traffic-counting move casts suspicion on the insistance that no new tolls are currently in the works, lawmakers said.
“It’s time for the right hand to realize what the left hand is doing,” Baddour said.
The new tolls would address complaints of toll inequity from western Massachusetts drivers, and the extra cash would come in handy as the Pike struggles financially.
“I think it’s going to be difficult to pay off the Big Dig simply by cost reduction,” said Turnpike Authority Board member Mary Connaughton, who supports putting up new tolls.
Both Baddour and Panagiotakos vowed to fight any new tolls, and tax watchdog Barbara Anderson said already-strapped drivers would rebel.
“You’d be talking a major driver revolution,” said Anderson, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation. “People won’t tolerate it.”
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05-20-2008, 01:57 PM
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05-20-2008, 04:27 PM
^Everything is this effin state wants us to pay for their muck ups ....going over cost on the Big Mess (Dig), that ceiling collapse that killed that lady...I man fawk I rode the train the other day for the 1st time in a minute and the damn train fare is now 2.00 
. Gallon of milk in the market is just as much as a gallon of gas
...God I hate politcs!
. Gallon of milk in the market is just as much as a gallon of gas...God I hate politcs!
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It really is getting out of control, the worst part is people aren't really doing anything about it. Were getting screwed meanwhile State Troopers are making 100,000 their first year on the job sleeping in their cruisers everytime theires road construction.
Its really backwards around here, I just dont get some of the stuff they spend money on, it makes no sense.
Its really backwards around here, I just dont get some of the stuff they spend money on, it makes no sense.
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05-20-2008, 05:04 PM
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It really is getting out of control, the worst part is people aren't really doing anything about it. Were getting screwed meanwhile State Troopers are making 100,000 their first year on the job sleeping in their cruisers everytime theires road construction.
Its really backwards around here, I just dont get some of the stuff they spend money on, it makes no sense.
Its really backwards around here, I just dont get some of the stuff they spend money on, it makes no sense.
When you see a State Trooper sleeping in his car he is on detail...He is being paid by the construction Co. not our taxes...
But I do agree with the prices in this state it is rediculous and I don't even live in Boston
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05-20-2008, 08:30 PM
