Bridge toll fluffery: It ain't over 'til it's over.

For your consideration, two items pertaining to the bridges boondoggle, the oligarchic orgasm, and Ed Clere's preferred regimen of "Tolls-R-Us." First, Jim Keith in the newspaper:

Tourism director expresses concerns on tolling

... The Clark-Floyd Counties Convention-Tourism Bureau has been outspoken on the proposed building of an additional I-65 bridge and placing tolls on the bridges. Recently we learned through articles in the News and Tribune that, according to the Bridges Authority, our thoughts and concerns were not “appropriate.”

The Board of Managers is concerned that a new I-65 bridge and tolling will be a deterrent to doing business in Jeffersonville and Clarksville. Our concerns were confirmed with the recently released Economic Impact Study of the Ohio River Bridges Project prepared for the Indiana Finance Authority and the Indiana Department of Transportation prepared by the Economic Development Research Group Inc. Businesses will lose customers and sales and thus some of them may be forced to close ...

— Jim Keith, executive director, Clark-Floyd Counties Convention-Tourism Bureau

Then, Curt Morrison at Insider Louisville:

Curtis Morrison: Tyler Allen and J.C. Stites were right about the bridges, Abramson, Reagan and PR hacks were wrong

By STAFF | Published: JUNE 21, 2012

Tyler Allen, left, and J.C. Stites sit at rear of April 2010 Bridges Authority meeting.

By Curtis Morrison

Remember in 2005 when 8664 co-founders Tyler Allen and J.C. Stites were right about the bridges, especially the proposed changes downtown?

According to the 8664.org website, the two local businessmen founded the grassroots organization “after seeing pictures of the proposed 23-lane Spaghetti Junction planned for Louisville’s waterfront.”