tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2807542236664990735..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-20652668982241879422016-01-14T20:41:53.742-05:002016-01-14T20:41:53.742-05:00Great. My Man Mitch sold the toll roads for billions for many years to come. Why are we wanting raise taxes with all the billions from the toll road? We need an investigation into this. Where is the toll road money going or gone too? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-52322776877592739012016-01-12T21:46:27.114-05:002016-01-12T21:46:27.114-05:00Cute idea. But, have you looked around at the gas tax in other states? Ours is unusually low.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-29503861589365597812016-01-12T09:04:05.938-05:002016-01-12T09:04:05.938-05:00The hedge-islature is reportedly considering some toll road conversions of existing IN roads. One of their excuses for raising rates is a flimsy rationale that alternative fuel use has actually "impacted" sales; nevermind their collection rates on coal, etc.Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89313501730998858912016-01-12T01:13:37.352-05:002016-01-12T01:13:37.352-05:00Sounds like what Maryland did - toll the center lanes with a higher speed limit - on I-95 north of Baltimore. Sir Hailstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301073859882785758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-45999565264597370562016-01-11T22:54:24.657-05:002016-01-11T22:54:24.657-05:00Indiana has sales & gas tax on gasoline- wow! Indiana suffers from tax & spend Republi-can'ts...Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28749668570564815552016-01-11T17:48:34.377-05:002016-01-11T17:48:34.377-05:00I received a legislative survey from Cindy Kirchofer asking whether I supported higher gasoline taxes to be used exclusively for the repair of Indiana bridges, to which I responded no. I don't want the general assembly to take advantage of lower price per barrel costs for oil by imposing higher taxes. The State of Indiana can find the money it needs for maintaining roads and bridges by tightening our belt and cutting pork project spending, line by line. For a start, how about cutting the money Pence spends on restoring his image after doing stupid governor stuff. He doesn't need public relations. He just needs to pull his bible out of our faces and run the State like a business not a church. I'd like to see the IU Business School take a sharp pencil to our state budget. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-78359186309612834172016-01-11T13:21:23.812-05:002016-01-11T13:21:23.812-05:00Tolling an optional third lane, an Express Lane, based on EZPASS or license plate tolling (no toll booths) like Colorado does on a small stretch of I-70 in the mountain corridor, seems sensible. Tolling everyone all the time will never work. But, an Express Lane, for a fee? Never say never.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com