tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post6759477709826100778..comments2024-01-04T07:10:10.122-06:00Comments on The Muckraker: Houston to Double The Toll Tax?Sal Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09480127461297425532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-70182206481174313372008-04-09T21:37:00.000-05:002008-04-09T21:37:00.000-05:00Special interests are cashing in on their own inve...Special interests are cashing in on their own investments (a.k.a. bribes, political contributions, etc.) by first absconding with tax funds through inflated construction (and research/engineering) profits and further their abuses through gratuitous EZ passes that create their own private highways tolled at the expense of other betrayed constituents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974737.post-31781552641505842822008-04-09T12:17:00.000-05:002008-04-09T12:17:00.000-05:00Doubling the costs INCREASES congestion on the tax...Doubling the costs INCREASES congestion on the tax-funded free lanes. And politicos and friends with free EZ passes don't even pay to drive on these tolled lanes. The politicos are just forcing citizens out of their way. Kicking 'em off the road that's already been paid for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com