Port Authority officials: Battle over toll hikes was all for show
Port Authority officials: Battle over toll hikes was all for show (via NJ.com)
On Aug. 5, 2011, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issued a jaw-dropping proposal to immediately raise bridge and tunnel tolls by $4 for E-ZPass subscribers and $7 for cash customers, followed by another increase in 2014. The proposed hikes…
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I’m wondering who would be surprised by this – It’s ALL Bullshit!
how little pushback we saw to this increase, and saw how little had changed after Corslime left, my disappointment began to grow,with the seeming inability for ANYthing or anyBODY to get/do any better for us beleaguered NJ taxpayers. While they all seem to brag about their imposing “no tax increases,” the constant inching up of all tolls, fines, fees, penalties, etc. sneaks in,and the net result always is: less disposable income for the makers, while they never cut the programs we fund,for the too many takers!