CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

thanks folks---watch next week as we are breaking a great offer during Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whoops my apology for the capital letters. not a well-schooled blogger as yet sorry Mav.

OH--BY THE WAY, I PROVED I AM NOT A POLITICIAN. YOU CAN NOT GET ELECTED IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH. NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT BETTER THAN YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT.

SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN RESPONDING---THE FACTS I STATED ARE FROM THE BOND PROSPECTUS AND THE METROPOLITAN HIGHWAY SYSTEM DAILY TRANSACTIONS TIMES THE INCREASE TOLLS PROPOSED. THE REVENUE FROM THE 11 SERVICE AREA LEASES WOULD BRING OVER $300 MILLION BECAUSE THEY ARE GUARENTEED BY A FORTUNE 100 AND FORTUNE 400 FIRMS. THEY GENERATE OVER $17+MILLION PER YEAR AT NO COST TO MAINTAIN--ZERO. I NEGOTIATED THOSE LEASES IN 2000. THE MTA HAS THE RESOURCES TO SERVICE THE BIG DIG DEBT BUT REFUSES TO CUT ITS OPERATING COSTS TO HELP THEMSELVES OUT.PLUS THE STATE RECEIVED OVER $450 MILLION FROM BECHTEL AS A SETTLEMENT NOT TO PROSECUTE THEM---THAT MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO OFFSET SOME OF THE DEBT. THE MTA EMPLOYS APPROX 1370PEOPLE PRESENT DAY--DURING THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE BIG DIG CONSTRUCTION DAYS THERE WERE 1407 AT THE MTA. IN AUGUST 2003 I PROPOSED GIVING OUT FAST LANE TRANSPONDERS FREE TO ANYONE WHO WANTED ONE. THE COST DIFFERENTIAL IS NOW 4 TO 1 IN THE TURNPIKE'S FAVOR WITH TRANSPONDERS AS OPPOSED TO MANUAL TRANSACTIONS. 1CENT INCREASE ON THE GAS TAX WOULD YIELD $32MILLION. THEY'LL DO THAT NEXT