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An interesting read from the online Union Leader...

Originally Posted by Gardner Goldsmith: Car trouble in NH
By GARDNER GOLDSMITH
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We found out some answers when I recently interviewed the assistant commissioner of transportation.

I asked him if we had actually seen any of the toll takers let go. He answered, "No."

I asked him if we had seen any savings from the supposed "efficiencies" John Lynch lauded. The answer, to paraphrase: "No, we have not. E-ZPass is a very complicated system to run."

I asked him how much money was lost in 2005 due to John Lynch's breach of the law, and his continued insistence that the transponders be sold at $14 less than what they cost the state, and the answer was, "$5 million." Great.

I asked him about the supposed rationale that there are lots of bridges that are "red-lined" and need fixing now. Weren't these "red-lined" years ago, and what happened to the money budgeted to fix them in previous legislative sessions?

He agreed, that, yes, many had been noted before, and money had been allocated to fix them, but, well, it just didn't happen.

http://www.unionleader.com/article.a...0-41088908e527