Toller Mayor Wynn wants to also sell our Airport

The revenue thirsty City of Austin Mayor Will Wynn wants to sell Austin’s NEW airport to the highest bidder, according to the Austin American Statesman today. Will Wynn also pushed to privatize our public freeways over the past few years. He voted to toll roads we’ve already paid for, as a member of CAMPO, everytime. A few snippets from the Statesman article:

Mayor Will Wynn, at least, is convinced that the city should unload Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Wynn said he has been lobbying his council peers for several months on the subject, picking up on a move by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to lease that city's Midway Airport.

"There's no financial reason whatsoever for the city to own the airport, as by law we can make not one penny from its operations or even property rentals," Wynn said Tuesday.

The privatization scheme, the selling of public assets, offers a short term financial quick fix for politicos and their campaigns. Short sighted politicians need to think and plan beyond the short-term gain. Whether we are talking about privatizing public highways, lottery or airport...it's all the same: Politicos we can't trust make the deal, give our assets away for cheap in exchange for campaign contributions. The special interests then sell it back to us for a big profits. That's dead wrong.

Now Mayor Wynn and others are out there pushing "Managed Lanes" - which are nothing more than tolls on roads we’ve already paid for - without using the “Toll” word. They are trying to trick the public by using the words “Managed lanes” instead of "Tolls".