[BobL]

Note the timeline in the links both me and the Perry rep have posted.

The attempt to add tolls to SH-249 was roughly a year prior to Perry stating that he was against tolling existing freeways. After thousands showed up and screamed hearings (one of which I managed to attend in Tomball), he seems to have gotten this point (at least until Nov. that is).

Also note Perry's knee-jerk reaction to Kay's plan to simply codify Perry's supposed position against tolling existing federally-built freeways. It seems totally irrational, unless he's got some other ideas that he's not sharing (such as GPS-based tolling for all miles driven, something that he has clearly shown interest in).

Perry is an extremely dangerous person when it comes to our ability go from Point A to Point B, with any degree of privacy. To this day, he hasn't said why he opposed Kay's simple amendment, and he's been sending out his people to try to re-write history. Luckily they're rather incompetent and the Internet doesn't lie.

[zeugma]

Perry is an extremely dangerous person when it comes to our ability go from Point A to Point B, with any degree of privacy.

Yes. The privacy issues surrounding these tollbooths around the state is also something that troubles me.  Why is it that the toll authorities are so admadent about identifying people using tolltags?

They require that tolltag purchasers be identified and that they be tagged to a specific automobile. I find it to be extremely interesting that it is not possible to simply go to a 7-11 and buy one. What should the toll authority care as long as it gets its money?

If it runs out and the user doesn't put more money on it, they can always send out tickets the same way they do now for people who don't have one.

I've always thought the tollway authorities were a bit big brotherish for my taste.