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ARTICLES -
Remember To Contact Your Legislators! Often!
Commentary
by Vicki Urbanik, Chesterton Tribune, March 9
Illiana Toll
Road: Stop the spin, let's have an honest public debate
Highway
Privatization: "This Is All About Money"
House committee takes the road privatization juggernaut public.
by Daniel Schulman ... February 13, 2007 (pdf)
Weaknesses
in the Pro-Illiana Argument
Sandy O’Brien, Dunelands Sierra Club
Why you could soon be paying Wall Street investors, Australian
bankers, and Spanish builders for the privilege of driving on American
roads
by Daniel Schulman with James Ridgeway ... January/February
2007 Issue (pdf)
As some Indiana lawmakers drool with greed over Gov. Mitch Daniels'
push for privatized toll roads, our great state is getting laughed
at elsewhere in the country. A subcommittee of the U.S. House Highway
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing this week,
where road privatization projects were ridiculed by both Democrat
and Republican congressmen. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, raised concerns
that states rushing into the privatization P3 agreements might be
"taken to the cleaners" -- and he cited as prime examples Indiana
and Chicago! Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., said road privatization projects
are too often "sweatheart deals" resulting in "ridiculous profits"
for the companies at the expense of the public. Meanwhile, a new coalition,
Americans for a Strong National Highway Network, called road privatization
schemes a "pawn shop mentality." At the same time, Colorado is considering
a bill to restrict the state from entering into road privatization
deals. And here in Indiana? We have state senators actually declaring
that they don't care if a privatized road fails or not -- they don't
care how many homes and farms get ruined for a new road that won't
be used -- as long as they get the money!!! Read more at www.ooida.com - "New Coalition Calls Privatization
Pawn Shop Mentality"... 02/2007 (pdf)
Dunelands Sierra Club Position on the Illiana Expressway Proposal ... 02/2007 (pdf)
Reasons Why the Illiana Toll Road is a Bad Policy Boondoggle ... 02/2007 (pdf)
Bill Giving Daniels Authority to Seek Tollways Clears Senate
Chesterton Tribune - 02/2007
Citizens Against responds to vote in favor of Illiana Toll
Road
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