Why the Sakonnet River Bridge tolls matter
It’s not often that I disagree with Bob Plain, but I think he underestimates the importance of the battle over the Sakonnet River Bridge tolls. There are three important things going on here: First, as...
View ArticleJohn Galt vs. ALEC in East Bay toll debate
There’s an ideological battle going on in the Ocean State concerning the new toll bridge connecting Tiverton to Aquidneck Island. But it isn’t between the left and the right. It’s between the right and...
View ArticleArson is an extreme reaction to a 10 cent toll
A ten cent user fee on the new Sakonnet River Bridge has seemingly inspired political sabotage as authorities say an arsonist targeted the tolls Saturday morning. The alleged act of extremism hopefully...
View ArticleWith tolls, tea party got the government they demanded
When I was a cub reporter I subsidized my habit of writing for the Jamestown Press by working as an arborist on Aquidneck Island. To do so, I had to pay a lot of tolls going over the Newport Bridge....
View ArticleHundreds protest Sakonnet River Bridge toll
Protest organizer John Vitkevich in front of the toll gantry at the Sakonnet River Bridge. Photo: Jack McDaid. “This bridge should not have a toll on it, it’s that simple,” John Vitkevich stood near...
View ArticleRI lawmakers propose sequester to replace Sakonnet tolls
There’s a new plan out to replace the Sakonnet River Bridge Tolls. For the next six years, discretionary spending will be slashed in every department by 0.25%, until the total cut is 1.5%. Funneled...
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