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Man Jailed Over 50-Cent Toll
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| September 15, 2007
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Posted on 09/16/2007 8:15:23 AM PDT by buccaneer81
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree; trickyricky
And his fate is still unlearned...
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posted on
09/16/2007 9:26:27 AM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
To: buccaneer81
Sorry, but he's in the wrong--WAY wrong.
I live in Rochester, and the guy was a total tool, according to the local cops and the NHP guys in Dover I've spoken to.
Plus, they haven't sold those tokens in over two years and they stopped accepting them in December of 2005.
http://www.nh.gov/dot/media/nr2005/nr120805tokens.pdf
This guy is just another Ma$$hole who comes up here and whines when everything isn't just like their little socialist paradise down south. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. If in fact he still had tokens from two years ago (and there's NO WAY he paid tolls with tokens this long), then he's the fool for buying them if he comes up here every weekend as he claims.
For example: I also take the same route (work in Seabrook). That would mean tolls of $2.00 each way ($1.00 at Hampton, .50 each at Dover and Rochester). Two years times 52 weeks times $4 per trip = $432 in tokens. Sorry, I ain't buying it.
42
posted on
09/16/2007 9:26:59 AM PDT
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
To: mouser
My only question is did or would the state reimburse the tokens or not if not then yes the state stole from him if so he should of just turned in for money and went on. It's really irrelevant. The State sold the tokens in exchange for the right to travel on their highway. They can offer to buy them back, but under any normal contract he would not be required to accept their offer.
ML/NJ
43
posted on
09/16/2007 9:28:25 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: ml/nj
Correction to earlier: Even with the discount, you’re still looking at $216 in tokens. Just another case of a guy who pisses and moans about a buck. Now if the guy had a Fast Pass and got mailed a ticket (as has happened here), I’d totally be on his side.
44
posted on
09/16/2007 9:33:04 AM PDT
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
To: Politicalmom
And his fate is still unlearned... POOR OLD CHARLIE!
To: buccaneer81
They should have taken the tokens or given him 50 cents for them.
Our biggest threat is our own government. Not terrorism, not illegal immigration, not abortion, not gun control, its our own government that is the problem. We need to get rid of as much of it as possible.
John
46
posted on
09/16/2007 9:40:46 AM PDT
by
Diggity
To: OCCASparky
"they haven't sold those tokens in over two years and they stopped accepting them in December of 2005."A ten dollar gold piece from 1790 is still worth $10. It will be, untill the US folds. The same applies to the tokens issued by the toll authority.
"This guy is just another Ma$$hole who comes up here and whines when everything isn't just like their little socialist paradise down south. Ignorance of the law is no excuse."
Selling tokens and later revoking their worth, is fraud and theft.
"the guy was a total tool, according to the local cops and the NHP guys in Dover I've spoken to. "
These thugs are just agreeable to the toll authority's fraud and theft scheme.
"If in fact he still had tokens from two years ago ... then he's the fool for buying them"
The only fools are the folks that are content with this BS, and think it's justified.
47
posted on
09/16/2007 9:57:47 AM PDT
by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
To: buccaneer81
Over my dead body was I going to give the state another dollar for the tolls, Jensen said.I'm always amazed that people will get their dander up over such a small amount of money as compared to the level of thievery the state pulls off every year in fees and taxation. Would he be willing to go to jail about his taxes?
I do applaud the man for standing up for his principles
48
posted on
09/16/2007 10:04:00 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Nothing + Time + Chance = The Universe ---------------------Bridge in Brooklyn for sale - Cheap)
To: buccaneer81; Sterlis; Alberta's Child; EGPWS; NapkinUser; whd23; wolfman; Zuben Elgenubi; ...
If he does sue, I hope the courts use the reasoning from a decision that went against McDonalds and other businesses. They would sell gift certificates that “expired.” Someone called them on it and the courts ruled that the certificates had to be honored. I would hope that the courts use the same type of ruling here, and rule that the tokens have to be honored. Now if it were widely publicized that the State would repurchase the tokens because they were not going to be honored after a certain period of time it might be a different matter.
49
posted on
09/16/2007 10:05:39 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
To: Sterlis
50
posted on
09/16/2007 10:07:11 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Enterprise
The same principle’s apply, but this wasn’t a business. It was a state toll authority. In essence the state issued money, which it later devalued to zip.
51
posted on
09/16/2007 10:11:25 AM PDT
by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
To: buccaneer81
Man Jailed Over 50-Cent TollWhy does he get jailed just because Fiddy didn't pay his toll?
52
posted on
09/16/2007 10:14:52 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Alberta's Child
I am the same way. The city cost me $187.00 for towing a car out of my driveway, not telling me they had towed it (I reported it stolen), and taking it to the old (and seldom used anymore) impound yard). Took me a week to find it after the cops point blank told me on the phone, they were NOT even looking for my car and could care less.
I figured a 10 to 1 ratio would make it right and didn’t stop till I had caused them at least $1870 in costs.
53
posted on
09/16/2007 10:19:46 AM PDT
by
packrat35
(PIMP my Senate. They're all a bunch of whores anyway!)
To: DugwayDuke
Bad example, the old stamps are satill good for their face value. You only pay the difference in price. They made his tokens completely worthless even though he had paid for them.
54
posted on
09/16/2007 10:23:24 AM PDT
by
packrat35
(PIMP my Senate. They're all a bunch of whores anyway!)
To: whd23
There's really no reason that N.H. can't accept the tokens until they're out of the system.or redeem the monetary value to the man
any other way, it's theft by the state
55
posted on
09/16/2007 10:23:31 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(",,,but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." LINCOLN)
To: buccaneer81
I like his attitude. I wonder if the state offered to reimburse folks for their tokens just prior to their expiration.
56
posted on
09/16/2007 10:26:03 AM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: buccaneer81
I applaud this guy's attitude (but it wasn't worth three days in the slam.) I don't know. That 50 cents may cost the state three days room and board every time he goes to New Hampshire. You could say he's just getting restitution.
57
posted on
09/16/2007 10:27:55 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: ZGuy
It ain’t 10K. All of that crap is still being paid for whether this fellow was sitting in the slammer or not. Frequently, inmates are required to pay the cost of their incarceration. I wonder if that happened here?
58
posted on
09/16/2007 10:29:39 AM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: DugwayDuke
You mean like the US Post Office? Exactly the same issue as raising the price of a first class letter. Your old stamps arent good enough any more. They're still perfectly good. They just aren't sufficient.
59
posted on
09/16/2007 10:30:38 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: spunkets
Can you explain “administrative law” to me? How is it possible for the state to suspend trial by jury in matters involving incarceration?
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posted on
09/16/2007 10:33:59 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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