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More woes for toll lovers

Posted by Derek Olson in Main

September 28, 2007 3:10 PM

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Apparently building a six lane, 16 mile long toll road right down the middle of an environmentally protected state park would break some hippy-dippy law from way back in the 70s, according to the eco-nazis at the California Coastal Commission via the Los Angeles Times.

The commission released a 236-page analysis that surprisingly contradicts a previous report by the toll-road builders, the Transportation Corridor Agencies. The coastal commission seems to think the road would lead to "widespread violations of state environmental laws designed to protect endangered species, natural resources and recreational opportunities," while the TCA's scientists concluded the road would actually bolster the park by creating a freeway from which to shower the environment with candy colored rainbow syrup, thereby making it better.

It makes one wonder how two teams of scientists could look at the same data and come up with two wildly divergent views. Let's see, the coastal commission is a government-created agency that is charged with preserving the natural beauty of California's hundreds of miles of coast. TCA is a private interest-created entity charged with expanding suburban development into otherwise remote areas and fill the lands with the splendor of more McMansions and Home Depots.

Not sure whether this latests development will lead to more delays. The $53 million per mile road has already had it's construction pushed back from an originally rosy start date of this summer to an increasingly wilty indefinite future date. Currently TCA hopes to begin in 2011.

Photo: LAT

 

Comments (2)

  1. Debby Bodkin says:
    September 28, 2007 17:47

    Good news! Speaking from personal experience, it would probably be best if supporters of the TCA would consider taking precautions to clean up the billing practices that continue, without a second thought of corrective action. Afterall, when the TCA enters judgments for $20,000 plus and much more against individuals using the toll roads, obviously there is some type of mistake or reason to open dialog with judgment debtors, in good faith of course.

    Who in their right mind would intentionally violate tolls racking up $20,000 plus in penalties and toll fees? What makes the TCA's business and billing practices deceitful is the fact that the attorneys hired by the TCA enter judgments against individuals without their knowledge or due process--not even a traffic violation or ticket is issued. Then, after the judgment is entered by the politically connected law firm representing the TCA, the firm substitutes out of the case and turns the judgment collection over to a scumbag attorney who knows nothing about the fraudulent billing practices that allows hundreds of thousands of dollars in judgment revenues for the TCA.

    To the TCA and its many supporters: CLEAN YOUR HOUSE OF BUSINESS AND BILLING PRACTICES so the public is not cheated out of hard-earned wages. Or, maybe the TCA is hoping that all the fraudulent judgments entered against individuals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars will be turned over to homeowners' insurance companies, adding much needed revenues to convince the public that toll road growth is in the interests of the common good.

  2. George Bergener says:
    September 29, 2007 21:29

    For an agency that is charged with making money and spreading "good land use" the TCA has a long way to go. Perhaps they should first figure out how to effectively run the operations they have before they deprive the everyone of what's left of the environment.

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