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DirkGently

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48. The Expresway / Greenway is the most expensive

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 04:15 PM

Jan 2014

toll system in the country, or so I've read. And it's run by the Expressway Authority, whose work you're probably familiar with?

State Attorney Jeff Ashton asked Orlando's expressway board Friday to hold off hiring former state Rep. Steve Precourt as its next director because of an investigation his office is conducting of the toll-road agency.

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Precourt, R-Orlando, has spent the past several days at the authority, meeting staff and acting as the de-facto director. He was not paid but expected his $185,000 a year salary to kick in after the five-member board approved his contract Wednesday.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-01-17/news/os-state-attorney-precourt-20140117_1_state-attorney-jeff-ashton-precourt-board-chairman-walter-ketcham

Our family probably spends $2,000 / year traveling the Expressway / Greenway. May as well have an income tax.

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Four toll lanes down the middle of a free-to-drive interstate highway ? wtf is this.... [View all] steve2470 Jan 2014 OP

Wow, this is some bullshit. The main artery through giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #1

Florida yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #35

I was raised there in South Florida & there is no place giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #41

Cost of Living yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #43

Ha ha, my dad keeps trying to convince me to move back giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #47

KR. We paid for the highways when they were built, we paid for maintenance, & now we will pay El_Johns Jan 2014 #2

Welcome to the republican vision for America. nt bluestate10 Jan 2014 #5

We pay tolls on portions of I-95. elleng Jan 2014 #3

but on those portions, isn't everyone forced to pay tolls ? nt steve2470 Jan 2014 #4

Yes. elleng Jan 2014 #6

If everyone is forced to pay tolls, I can live with that steve2470 Jan 2014 #7

No, roads should be tax funded. woo me with science Jan 2014 #16

I'm assuming the tolls elleng refers to go to the state and/or federal governments ? steve2470 Jan 2014 #17

Correct, steve, I-95 tolls go to states and feds elleng Jan 2014 #18

What are you talking about? yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #36

No. Toll lanes in the middle. Free on the edges. DirkGently Jan 2014 #46

The Expresway / Greenway is the most expensive DirkGently Jan 2014 #48

No tolls in Wisconsin for the FREEways, BUT elfin Jan 2014 #8

The worst yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #37

just look at the fucked up shit that happened on I-85 ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2014 #9

we have this going on all around Houston elehhhhna Jan 2014 #10

It's a Republican governor thing.... ccinamon Jan 2014 #11

Maryland yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #38

I live in Orlando distantearlywarning Jan 2014 #12

Less movement also means a more stagnated populous and economy. nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #29

You're paying much more for a lot of things, all in the name of no income tax groundloop Jan 2014 #34

At least they didn't sell the road DefenseLawyer Jan 2014 #13

No kidding and to a foreign business to boot. Privatization republicans love! B Calm Jan 2014 #39

And that money is now all gone. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #49

Perhaps China will be granted the contract solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #14

I MIGHT want to cross a China-built bridge---NOT! WinkyDink Jan 2014 #23

They're going to do it here in Colorado on I-25 TransitJohn Jan 2014 #15

So when the poor peoples lanes are jammed with traffic, you will be able to watch the rich rhett o rick Jan 2014 #19

that's pretty much exactly what happens here in ATL on I-85 ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2014 #20

It's much like the Verizon model against net neutrality. If you aren't prepared to pay to play you Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #28

i saw something about that not long ago fizzgig Jan 2014 #45

They want to do that here too. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #21

No more socialist roads people workinclasszero Jan 2014 #22

Pay to enter banks, stores, malls, etc. WinkyDink Jan 2014 #24

I have my mother's ration booklets from WWII. CrispyQ Jan 2014 #25

I 4 serves as the only route through Orlando liberal N proud Jan 2014 #26

Disney? L0oniX Jan 2014 #33

In Minneapolis you can drive in the HOV lane alone mn9driver Jan 2014 #27

I used to spend $7K a year vacationing in FL. Not anymore. It's going to safe states. TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #30

Hell if it's going to cost me just to drive down the hwy, I think we'll go to B Calm Jan 2014 #44

prohibition was dropped in 2012, allowing a pay-to-drive plan seveneyes Jan 2014 #31

Toll booths owned by Disney? L0oniX Jan 2014 #32

Kansas Turnpike Liberal In Texas Jan 2014 #40

Same with the capital beltway (DC) cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #42