Posted on 04/09/2008 1:05:51 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
What is good for the goose evidently isn't so good for the gander when it's New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine doing the honking about New York City's congestion-pricing plan.
Leading up to yesterday's deadline for New York state lawmakers to vote on the proposal, Corzine weighed in last week by saying that he was dismayed by the scheme and would bring suit against New York if it went ahead with the proposal to charge motorists $8 and truckers $21 to drive into the most heavily trafficked parts of Manhattan; the N.J. governor was angry as well that the fees would come on the heels of a recent $2 increase for tolls at tunnels and bridges heading into New York.
Of course, Corzine had no similar qualms when he suggested last year that New Jersey raise tolls on the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Route 440 Outerbridge Crossing between New Jersey and Staten Island. The governor's motive then, as it remained last week, was purely selfish with respect to neighboring states, since those toll increases would have gone to fill New Jersey's coffers at the expense of others; in fact, one of his big selling points just happened to be that a large percentage of the toll proceeds would have been paid by out-of-state drivers, New York motorists chief among them.
So it was more than a bit hypocritical of Corzine to disparage New York City's idea, and not just for its economics, either; at least New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had a higher purpose in mind, that of reducing automobiles in Manhattan fouling the city's air. All the New Jersey governor's proposal was intended to do was rake in additional dollars for his cash-starved state, a familiar and tired refrain from lawmakers who live on this side of the Hudson.
What? Don Corzini,a hypocrite? Betta watcha u bak!....LOL....
"Higher purpose"? LOL!!!!
Hey Bloomie, why don't you just ban automobiles in Manhattan? Taxi, limos, you name it...make everyone take the subway! Turn the streets into more parks!
CorSlime.
The liberal politicians are the tumors that encourage and feed the cancer that ultimately kills the state.
How many states in the union are suffering at the hands of these tumors?
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And one for the Bear Huggers:
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Like most on the left, they’re all for new taxes. . .until it hits them in the wallet.
Read my tagline.
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