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Article #13132Re: Daily gripe: AAA says MD impedes traffic
From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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In article <36bde3a9.83464411@news.pipeline.com>, Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote: }AAA blames the MD troopers for the backups. The MD troopers blame the }motorist who had to be ticketed. The motorist who got ticketed blamed }the lack of sufficient lanes to commute in on the government. The }government blames the lack of lanes on the lack of tax dollars. Oh, yeah, in Maryland, with a 5% income tax (and some very high-income areas), a 5% sales tax (on just about everything, thanks to ex-gov Willie Don), a hefty gas tax, and just about any other tax you can think of. The genius with the idea of putting HOV lanes on the Beltway (and I-270) ought to be used as a road stripe. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@pond.com "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue."
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,151c88de4f043838 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public From: russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto) Subject: Re: Daily gripe: AAA says MD impedes traffic Date: 1999/01/19 Message-ID: <CGRo2.2338$TU6.4535874@newshog.newsread.com> X-Deja-AN: 434241401 References: <36bde3a9.83464411@news.pipeline.com> X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role <abuse@pond.com>, We Care <abuse@newsread.com> X-Trace: newshog.newsread.com 916711202 198.69.82.2 (Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:00:02 EDT) Organization: Ghotinet NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:00:02 EDT Newsgroups: dc.driving