Early this past December, Virginia state officials opened up their latest “dynamically priced” toll superhighway, a 10-mile stretch of interstate that runs from Northern Virginia into Washington, D.C. Ten days later, commuter Chris Kane looked up at the signage that continually updates the road’s current rush-hour fare.
The sign read $44.
“That’s insane,” Kane tweeted.
This stressed-out commuter had a point. But a great many of our elected officials today, in Virginia and around the country, don’t buy it. The incredibly pricey tolls that commuter Chris Kane sees as insane have become our conventional public policy wisdom on transportation.
Dancing With Fools 
Get ready to have your wallet fleeced more, costing what could be a tankful of gas just to drive on a road that takes less than a gallon of gas to traverse.
Welcome to the puggers’ money-focused World, so far we have not received a breathing charge but I am sure some pugger out there is figuring out a way to implement it.
They are NOT coming for your guns, they ARE coming for your money!
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There is an alternate route for the poor.
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Adice valorem.
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Glanced at an ad for Broo: Thickens Hair with Beer.
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Ads under your post again today. That’s two days in a row.
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I know it’s “pursuit of happiness.” Lord knows why my brain told my fingers to type “justice.”
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Maybe because we don’t have enough of that, either.
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That seems like a reasonable explanation to me!
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TVD bridge route took 50 minutes. A flock of small birds, a couple of black birds sitting on top of the disused grain elevator. Two of the big old evergreens are dead; well, one still has a few live branches.
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Typical 14 minutes to the Hillside Cafe for a cod dinner again.
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I love cod. But, my favorite is halibut, with King Salmon as a close second! I like tuna and mahi mahi also.
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Thence to Bryan Hall for a wind quintet concert; lively faculty performance. Trip total was 30 minutes. Talked with Keadrin afterwards and waved to Alice on her way out.
Day 3: 199+80=279 minutes.
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That can’t be real!
But, it’s a sweet Valentine!
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About those toll roads….may be time for the REBECCA RIOTS!
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