Senator Nancy Jacobs: Help Stop an Increase in Tolls on the Hatem Bridge: We Need Your Help
Labels:Governance Taxes MD, MD Dept of Transpo EZ Pass, MD Issues Anti-business, MD Issues Taxes
God bless Senator Jacobs for rallying folks to speak-out about the massive Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) toll increases. However, in her heart she must know that citizen feedback will fall on deaf ears...
Please, I pray I'm wrong...
However it is my view that it will not do any good what-so-ever to give the Maryland Transportation Board any feedback. The MTA has already made up its mind. This huge out-of-touch behemoth bureaucracy absolutely does not care what citizens have to say.
It is going to go forward with all its fare and toll increases and is just going through the motions so that they may say they made time available for public feedback.
Some time ago when the MTA decided to charge a maintenance fee on the EZ Pass, our family provided feedback. The response was almost satire - or - Orwellian double-speak at its best. After it imposed the maintenance fee, all of my family and most of my friends and colleagues all joined the avalanche of folks who returned the MD EZ Pass and went to another state for the EZ Pass.
I'm just saying...
Senator Nancy Jacobs, Senate Minority Leader, District 34, Harford and Cecil Counties, NancyJacobs.com |
VISIT THE HATEM BRIDGE INFO CENTER HELP STOP AN INCREASE IN TOLLS |
FROM THE OFFICE OF: SENATOR NANCY JACOBS
MINORITY LEADER, (R-Harford/Cecil)
The Maryland Transportation Authority Board has just voted unanimously to support a proposal to raise tolls around the state. I want all my constituents to know the details of that proposal locally, and how we plan to fight it. Here is information on the Hatem Bridge tolls they'd like to approve. The increases go into effect in two phases, starting this fall and again in 2013. The board has just suggested a new discount program specifically for users of the Hatem Bridge through EZ-PASS, but they plan to eliminate the current decal program.
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My constituents are currently paying 10 dollars a year for a decal for unlimited passage. If they are forced to get this EZ Pass, initially they would have to pay 100 dollars and 54 dollars in 2012. Then in 2013 with the yearly price for the Hatem program would rise to 90 dollars a year. If people have more than one car and need more transponders, multiply that cost.
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http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2011/06/senator-nancy-jacobs-help-stop-increase.html
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My wife called this to my attention the other day and we are less than pleased…
Ya know – this is nuts. Maryland should be encouraging the use of EZ Pass as it saves the state a great deal of money in personnel expenses and other assorted overhead with efficiency fueled by technology.
Way to Avoid Maryland's Proposed EZ Pass Fee
Despite the tough economic times, I knew Governor Martin O'Malley could never resist the urge to raise some form of tax/fee.