{"id":1740,"date":"2007-01-17T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/01\/del-tpk-going-private.html"},"modified":"2007-01-17T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-17T10:42:00","slug":"del-tpk-going-private","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/01\/del-tpk-going-private\/","title":{"rendered":"Del. Tpk going private?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/I-95.gif\" alt=\"James Lin&#039;s I-95 sign, circa 1995\" title=\"i-95_de_tiny\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9920\" \/><b>JAY HANCOCK<\/b> &#8211; <a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/business\/bal-bz.hancock17jan17,0,4984205.column?coll=bal-home-columnists\"><b>Del. might pick your pocket with I-95 lease<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Sun<\/i><br \/>A Baltimore columnist comes out against the privatization of the Delaware Turnpike (emphasis added):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Marylanders and other non-Delawareans would pay the inevitably higher I-95 tolls plus any other consequences of placing this economic lifeline in private hands. Leasing I-95 to some corporation would be <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">the worst example yet of a pernicious national trend: transforming public utilities into private monopolies<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware needs billions to pay for road projects over the next six years.<\/p>\n<p>It could raise money the old-fashioned way: by selling bonds. But that would cost taxpayers interest, and if there&#8217;s one thing Delaware knows how to do, it&#8217;s shield taxpayers from the consequences of state spending.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/Del_Tpk.gif\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9920\" \/>Hancock pretty much hits the nail on the head, doesn&#8217;t he? Though many toll authorities are problematic, I think the benefits of replacing them with private entities are probably short-lived. Hopefully privatization movements will scare the authorities enough for some reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAY HANCOCK &#8211; Del. might pick your pocket with I-95 lease &#8211; The SunA Baltimore columnist comes out against the privatization of the Delaware Turnpike (emphasis added): Marylanders and other non-Delawareans would pay the inevitably higher I-95 tolls plus any other consequences of placing this economic lifeline in private hands. 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