[CholeraJoe]

Just tack the toll on to the perp’s bail or the patient’s bill.

[goldstategop]

Our public masters are aghast at having to pay a bridge toll. They never give a second thought to the rest of us having to do so. If they lived like every one else, they'd understand why nickel and diming the public isn't such a good idea.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[caisson71]

Washington - if it moves, tax it!!

[HEY4QDEMS]

What’s wrong with these local officials?

Don’t they realize that these tolls will ofset the carbon emissions of their high performance Police and Emergency vehicles?

C’mon you wankers, it’s for the environment!

[Lx]

I hope it last longer than the last one:

http://www.promotega.org/asu30023/disasterswind.html

[Species8472]

It seems that they have this backwards.

So who provides emergency services on the bridge itself? The local public safety agencies should tack a "public safety impact fee" onto the bridge toll.

Can you imagine an "Oakland" style tanker fire on the bridge? Seems to me the bridge authority would love to have a manned truck full of foam on standby close to the bridge.

[thefactor]

in nyc, the cops and others have to pay tolls. we have E-Z Passes in every vehicle so we just drive through. one city agency pays another. nothing new. it’s not like the cops will have to go into their own pockets.

[rawhide]

Narrows Bridge Collapse on youtube

[ApplegateRanch]

Makes as much sense as da gubmint fining a public agengcy.

Transferring funds from one account to another, with the usual bureaucratic skimming in each dirction, covered by a tax increase.

[HardStarboard]

It would be interesting to know what State government agencies have "toll free passes" on the new bridge.

I'll wager a steak dinner to a dollar that Chrissy's Limo isn't required to stop, roll down a window (let the air conditioned air out) and pay cash for a toll!!! But she wants "first responders" to pay......

Government Hypocracy Alert"

[Man50D]

It sounds like there’s a strong wind a blowin!