Now the Governor refuses to even look at taking the canal system from the Thruway Authority… What do they have to do with modern day transportation? NOTHING… Yet another cash cow and patronage pit we have to pay for…

Thruway Authority plans big increase in tolls: 10% in January, 10% more over next two years
ALBANY — […]

continue reading.....

SIGN THE PETITION!

Thruway Authority moves closer to toll hike
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Toll hikes look likely on the Thruway.
A key committee of the state Thruway Authority approved a measure yesterday increasing tolls by 5% in 2009 and again in 2010. That would be in addition to the 10% increase that starts in January. E-ZPass […]

continue reading.....

Blogs and internet forums kick Newspapers butts. We have the News faster and by the time they print it, it’s old news….

Newspaper circulation slippage continues
Circulation at the nation’s biggest newspapers dropped by an average of 2.6 percent in the latest six-month period and that trend was evident among Western New York dailies as well.
The […]

continue reading.....

Think they are out of touch with reality? Or just ignorant? Maybe the thruway authority and the unions will start threatening Heaney now and leave me alone… No, doubt it, stuff like this finally being exposed will probably make it worse. Sign the petition at noGItolls.com join the fight.

Is there a problem with board […]

continue reading.....

It’s nice to see the Buffalo News is starting to get it. This is a great article by James Heaney yet so much of this information has been available on noGItolls.com for almost a year.

The Thruway way: spend, spend, spend
You’ve seen the sign: “Your Thruway Tolls at Work.”
Then you drive past a crew resurfacing a […]

continue reading.....

11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month : Armistice Day 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax,” about the day on which we celebrate our nation’s veterans.

TAPS

Welcome Home

continue reading.....

Good question Brian… I hope he has success because the comptrollers office has been ignoring me. Toll money is going to roads downstate and paying the $127 million a year in debt service for buying those same two roads I-84 and 287….
When I spoke to Congressman Higgins about the Grand Island Tolls he said he […]

continue reading.....

Let’s just look at a few of the things we have discovered and the more we dig the worse it gets.
$400 Million that never made it to the thruway authority that was reimbursed from the Federal Highway Funds. $80 Million a year thrown at the Canal System? What does canals have to do with […]

continue reading.....

But, but, this is exactly the way the Buffalo News wanted it as did all the minor parties. They chose the status quo over any voices of change. So what do they expect?
This reminds me of Albany, everyone complains that Albany is dysfunctional and out of touch but their legislator is doing a good job. […]

continue reading.....

TIPGATE UPDATE [It’s Not The Crime, It’s The Cover Up]
Clinton Campaign Says It Tipped Maid-Rite Waitress
The Magic Disappearing/Reappearing/Disappearing Tip:
All of a sudden a receipt appears without showing a tip, but Hillary insists there was a tip.
Note that according to the account below, the tip was not on the credit card, before it was on the […]

continue reading.....