Respectfully, tolling is a serious issue for Southern Indiana. It is easy for someone in Floyd County to say they want tolls, because the Sherman Minton Bridge is no longer going to be tolled. Well Dave, you can thank our group No2bridgetolls.org and Roger, Jeff, and friends for that, because it was through our efforts that tolling for the Sherman Minton was removed.
The tolling issue is still out there and is a serious concern for Clark County residents and businesses. We in Clark County appreciate that Roger and Jeff are still staying involved with the topic, because it is now less relevant for them.
Representative Clere may not feel that this is his problem anymore, but his own New Albany City Council, with 8 other municipal councils, and the Southern Indiana Tourism Bureau passed resolutions opposed to tolling. Over 11,000 people and 200 businesses signed petitions opposing tolling. Both of these things happened in about 2 months last fall. If we had continued looking for signatures on the petitions, there would easily be over 50,000 signatures by now. People are still asking for them. We felt 11,000 signatures in 2 months was a very telling statement and no further action was necessary. Tolling is a very serious concern for Southern Indiana, and I think Representative Clere should represent the will of the people, business, and local government entities that understand how tolling will negatively affect them.
Our two states have $1.9 billion pledged to build a bridges project. What makes the most sense for Southern Indiana is making the rest of the necessary reductions to the Ohio River Bridges Project and build it with the money the states have available. If we are going to spend $1.9 billion, this should be project we can all get behind. This can happen if our politicians like Representative Clere will help by representing this to our state and federal leaders.
No further comment here necessary. I will gladly discuss the Ohio River Bridges Project with anyone interested anytime. You can reach me through our website or Facebook page.
Paul Fetter, Co-founder, www.No2bridgetolls.org
New Albany is a state of mind … but whose? Since 2004, we’ve been observing the contemporary scene in this slowly awakening old river town. If it’s true that a pre-digital stopped clock is right twice a day, when will New Albany learn to tell time?
Friday, August 26, 2011
Fetter: "Clere should represent the will of the people, business, and local government entities (as to) how tolling will negatively affect them."
Paul Fetter responds to "Dave" on the OSIN thread mentioned yesterday, and we thank him for his valuable input, seeing as no one has done more than Paul during the battle against proposed bridge tolls.
Note: SC posted comments twice last evening. They appeared in my e-mail, but do not appear here, and I do not know why. I am assuming that SC changed his mind and deleted them himself. If not, then Blogger is non-functional.
ReplyDeleteI attempted to post comments twice, they never appeared. I did not delete, it must have been blogger.
ReplyDeleteBlogger ir renowned for such. If you wish to try again, please do. Copies of comments automatically are sent to me as administrator, which is why I knew.
ReplyDeleteSC: Well, that's zero for three. I get the copies, but the postings do not appear. I haven't the time this morning to troubleshoot with Blogger, which generally is as productive as searching for needles in haystacks, anyway. I can do one of two things:
ReplyDelete1) Post & quote your comment here under my name, or
2) Make it a separate, new article on the marquee, which might have the benefit of it being read by more people
Your call.
A separate new article would be great. It would probably generate more loving comments from my fans.
ReplyDeleteThis is why Blogger makes you crazy. Anyway, it has been separately posted.
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