Save up your quarters for I-79

• Nathan Benefield
• June 21, 2007

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on the House GOP plan to turn interstates 78, 79, 80, 81 and 95 into toll roads. Further, to place those roads under control of the Turnpike…

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Response to Critics of a Turnpike Lease

• Nathan Benefield
• June 21, 2007

The Reason Foundation has a new version of their response to the leading criticisms (and questions) about a potential lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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Turnpike proposes new funding plan

• Nathan Benefield
• June 20, 2007

The Turnpike Commission modified their plan for new funding for roads – eliminating the “congestion tax”, but still proposing:– New Bonds tied to the gas tax– Turnpike…

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Fumo wants to expand Turnpike Commission

• Nathan Benefield
• June 18, 2007

To the suprise of no oneVince Fumo has supported the plan of the Turnpike Commission to expand their authority – raising tolls, taking over (and tolling) I-80, and issuing…

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Turnpike Commission’s proposal gains support

• Nathan Benefield
• June 11, 2007

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that the proposal of the Turnpike Commission to raise tolls, enact special “congestion tolls,” take control of and toll I-80, and issue debt (tied to…

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Education

Diet Tip of the Week, Issue 3

• May 24, 2007

One of the most notorious abuses of taxpayers' money is the exercise of Walking-Around-Money (WAMs). These funds are set aside for use at each legislator's discretion to dish out to…

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Forces build against leasing turnpike

• Nathan Benefield
• May 15, 2007

Tom Barnes in the Post-Gazette on the line-up of opposition to a proposed Turnpike Lease – though all the opposition he names are lobbyists hired by the Turnpike Commission…

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More Turnpike Lease Distortions

• Nathan Benefield
• May 11, 2007

The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) issued a news release claiming that voters overwhelming disapprove a Turnpike lease and citing exorbitant toll increases in Indiana. While elected officials should…

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Turnpike Disavows “Mystery letter”

• Nathan Benefield
• May 4, 2007

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission denies that a letter from an unknown organization PA Coalition for Sound Transportation Policy is really a front for turnpike officials (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story).

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