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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Getting There: Tolls drive new crusade for former CT lawmakers

Was anyone really surprised when Ned Lamont did a flip-flop on tolls? Not me. If you’ll remember when he first announced his candidacy for governor, he said he’d sign a toll bill his first day in office. Then he saw the polling data and backtracked, saying he’d only toll trucks. Trucks seem like such a convenient scapegoat. Sure, let’s blame them for our traffic and bad roads. We’re not responsible, it’s them. Everybody hates trucks, unless they’re delivering your Amazon package. But just tolling trucks won’t get the money needed, so the governor gave lawmakers a second option. Yes, lawmakers.

from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Getting-There-Tolls-drive-new-crusade-for-former-13645729.php

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