The toll money doesn't just go for maintenance of the bridge. It goes to pay the members of the Golden Gate Bridge District, and they also run a bus system, and, I think, ferries. From what I've gathered over the years, they are soaking the drivers to subsidize the buses and ferries. I'm sure if I'm wrong about that, someone will correct me.
Just make it $10 and get it over with.
your right....The ferry system and the buses are all running a large deficit......When the bridge was built, the tolls were to pay for the bonds and for maintenance. The bonds were paid decades ago and a $0.25 toll would pay for the paint.....
It's the Bridge Board that for years has always looked for ways for them to milk the District to enable them to keep their jobs....all over a $100k/year with a ONCE A MONTH MEETING requirement.......If there were no ferries or buses, they'd be out of a job.....
Well even the buses and ferries generate revenues from fares, so they shouldn't be draining THAT much from the bridge. It would be interesting to see a detailed breakdown of where the money's coming from and where it's going to. But chances are the accountants have made it totally indecipherable.
Aren't there something like 30 of those parasites, at about $150k/year, plus bennies, each?
I won't even guess what the union-thug bridge workers must get paid.