Well, so much for foreign relations
Dec. 21st, 2006 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debgeislerDuring the presidential election campaign of Michael Dukakis, a local Boston comedian claimed that "Dukakis thinks 'foreign relations' means 'area code 413.'"
But it doesn't look like governor-elect Duval Patrick is going to endear himself to residents of 413dia, as he indicated that he opposes the Mass Turnpike toll removal.
According to the Boston Globe online, Patrick opposes the loss of the $114 million in revenue generated by tolls from 128 (Boston's inner beltway-ish highway) through Springfield, Mass.
I'll confess to finding the idea that the Massachusetts state coffers would have to fork over the money to make payments on the Pike bonds distressing.
On the other hand, if the Turnpike Authority would just bag the FastLane discounts on the tunnels, we'd get $12.2 million of that back.
On the other other hand, I still rather loathe the Turnpike Authority on general principles.
Oh, dissonance!
But it doesn't look like governor-elect Duval Patrick is going to endear himself to residents of 413dia, as he indicated that he opposes the Mass Turnpike toll removal.
According to the Boston Globe online, Patrick opposes the loss of the $114 million in revenue generated by tolls from 128 (Boston's inner beltway-ish highway) through Springfield, Mass.
I'll confess to finding the idea that the Massachusetts state coffers would have to fork over the money to make payments on the Pike bonds distressing.
On the other hand, if the Turnpike Authority would just bag the FastLane discounts on the tunnels, we'd get $12.2 million of that back.
On the other other hand, I still rather loathe the Turnpike Authority on general principles.
Oh, dissonance!