Wild Claims About a Turnpike Lease
It is sad that former Pennsylvania House Speaker John Perzel, who last year said he favored leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike, is now striking out so wildly against the governor's proposal.
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Turnpike boss opposes proposed merger with PennDOT
Post Gazette story on PA Turnpike chief Joseph Brimmeier opposing Sen. Jane Orie’s plan to put the Turnpike under PennDOT control. This would shock no one. And while the…
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Penn Pike’s CEO Brimmeier charged with serious misbehavior by colleagues
Toll Roads News writes… Timothy Carson vice-chair of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says thatthe Turnpike may have been a haven for patronage and boondoggles in the past but…
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More Turnpike News
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on the draw of investors to a Turnpike lease. They also heavily quote Turnpike Commission vice chairman Tim Carson (who they also identify as a bond lawyer,…
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Pike lease idea gets mileage in Legislature
Charlie Thompson writes in the Patriot News that legislators are starting to put some thought into the potential of a Turnpike lease. The Commonwealth Foundation has a number of…
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Perzel v. Benefield on Turnpike
Speaker Emeritus Perzel thinks we should add more taxpayer-backed debt to fund road repairs, while I argue that a Turnpike lease is better than the bevy of tolls and debt…
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Free-Market Approaches to Fiscal Policy
Good morning. My name is Nathan Benefield; I am the Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation, a research and policy institute in Harrisburg. I want to thank the…
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Rendell pressing to lease turnpike
Governor Rendell almost sounds like Milton Friedman is his arguments for a Turnpike Lease in the Philadelphia Inquirer (well, not quite, but at least he recognizes the folly of…
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New Paradigm Equals New Opportunities
The global environment for transportation financing is entering a new paradigm. Like many states, Pennsylvania finds itself at the convergence of two intersecting trends that demand fiscal attention: First, growing…
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