Letter: Tolls Are A Barrier To Economic Growth
Sen. Walter Felag writes a letter to the editor.
To the editor: As another legislative session ends, the General Assembly erred in their vote to implement tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge, which will probably be erected late next summer, 2013. I voted for a floor amendment to eliminate this budget article from the budget and against the final FY13 budget which included the Sakonnet River bridge toll. For the past 14 years as your State Senator, I have fought diligently against tolls on the Mt Hope and Sakonnet River Bridge. Unfortunately, our local East Bay Representatives and Senators were outnumbered. In my speech on the Senate floor last night, I spoke about this unfair tax on my Tiverton constituents, who go over the bridge for work, appointments and family obligations. This toll …
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1:52 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Very good. I got my information from EastBayRI.com which seems to have been updated since I posted this morning. http://www.eastbayri.com/news/2012/jun/28/tight-race-warren-town-council/ Good luck to Mr. Costa and Mr. Giroux. more ›