Thank you to WNYMedia.net for being there and covering this very important Press Conference. This is a big day for all of us in Western New York from Niagara Falls to Buffalo. When this legislation is passed, and I feel very confident it will, it will be a great day.

So many people do not realize that the Grand Island Tolls have been in place since 1935 and should have been removed in 1996 along with all the tolls on the New York State Thruway. Our tolls were the first tolls on the thruway when the Thruway Authority took them over in 1950. Not until 1954 was there another toll place on the actual mainline thruway so we have been supporting the rest of the thruway since 1950.

There is no other section of road off the mainline thruway from PA to Albany that has a toll off the mainline 90, not one, why then are we so special? We are just a cash cow for the rest of the state and have basically been called the stepchild of New York.

I came up with this idea to give this section of road to the D.O.T. in late November and discussed it with Senator Maziarz and got his full support. He wrote the Bill sent it to me on Jan 18th for my approval and here we are today Feb 22 having it introduced in Albany.

See we can effect change and the way we do it is by coming up with commonsense ideas and passing them on. It also helps to be a little bit of a thorn in their side. But, the hardest part is keeping it in the forefront, that alone is a full time job. After all we have work to do to support ourselves and family.

Watch the video after the page break.

Once again, Thank you Senator Maziarz and Assemblyman Hoyt for doing the right thing in sponsoring this legislation.

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