Friday, April 18, 2008

Conge$t Tax in the News - Update

April 19, 2008, NY1 News:
"Congestion Pricing May Have A Comeback"

April 19, 2008, NY Post:
"CONGE$TION SCHEME IN THE SHOP"
by Patrick Gallahue

PTF: "Looks like a sequel for Mayor Mike's conge$t tax scam is in the works."

April 18, 2008, WNYC New York Public Radio:
"Congestion Pricing Not Dead, City Says"
by Matthew Schuerman

April 18, 2008, NY Post:
"NYERS CHEER CONGEST-FEE NIX"
by Fredric U. Dicker
Complete Article: New Yorkers are glad that Mayor Bloomberg's $8 congestion fee is dead, a Quinnipiac poll yesterday showed.
Fifty-six percent of suburban voters, 59 percent of city voters - who would have borne much of the brunt of the proposed $8-a-vehicle tax to enter lower Manhattan - and 47 percent of upstate voters opposed the plan.Just 32 percent of all voters, and only 36 percent of city and suburban voters, expressed regret that Bloomberg's plan had been killed last week.

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