Congressman Higgins calling for the abolishment of the Thruway Authority is a very big step in the right direction, my question is and has been where is my Congressional Representative Louise Slaughter? She has been MIA throughout this whole toll battle. If she would only spend less time in Washington DC and more time in this district then she would be aware of what has been going on here.
What does it tell you when Brian Higgins a Congressman from out of this district has to bring to our attention of an issue out of his district. Thank you Brian, Thank you for standing up for us when Slaughter won’t.
This district under the leadership of Slaughter has got to be the worst and most under represented in the country. We never hear anything from her unless she is simply badmouthing President Bush and the Republican in Washington DC. How about representing us and doing something about this critical issue. To much time in DC lining her pockets instead of going after the waste fraud and abuses going on right under her nose here in WNY. What a waste.
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Thruway Authority Pulls Funding for Another WNY Project
February 28th, 2008 Local News
Brian Higgins Says: “…for the good of the public we have no choice but to abolish the New York State Thruway Authority…”
“Today I learned that the New York State Thruway Authority is again turning its back on Western New York by rescinding funding for a $45 million project planned for Grand Island, New York and transferring money promised to this region to another downstate project.
The Thruway Authority justified their 2005 toll increase with the need to fund several local projects including the one planned for Grand Island. This represents a disturbing pattern of promises made and promises broken by the Authority. Between 2007 and 2010 the Authority will fall $200 million short in promised projects in the Thruway’s Buffalo Division. (see attached chart)
This public Authority has used their absolute power to impose an astonishing 45% increase in tolls in just five years. We have put up with the Authority’s alarming trend of mismanagement and deception for far too long. Fortunately, we already have a state agency charged with managing our roadways, which makes the Thruway Authority redundant and unnecessary. It is clear that for the good of the public we have no choice but to abolish the Thruway Authority and move operation of the Thruway to the New York State Department of Transportation, an agency that is more publicly accountable than the Thruway Authority.
Local residents can’t afford business as usual at the Authority, and if they won’t change their deceptive ways, they have to go. New Yorkers deserve Thruway oversight that is transparent and accountable.”
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Agreed. Pro-death Slaughter is an absolutely worthless drain of taxpayer money.
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