Kasich's Ohio Turnpike Plan Quiets Most Critics

Kasich's Ohio Turnpike plan quiets most critics Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:44 am, Saturday, December 15, 2012 The governor said the proposal he settled on — raising $1.5 billion through bond sales — was a perfect solution because it addressed the worries over leasing the turnpike and satisfied his goal of getting more revenue out of toll road and fill a huge highway budget deficit. In 2011, voters handed Kasich and fellow Republicans a stinging defeat when they repealed a newly passed collective bargaining law that would have stripped many bargaining rights from public worker unions. Gary Tiboni, president of the Teamsters local that represents close to 800 turnpike workers, said he thinks Kasich learned from his failed attempt to limit collective bargaining rights when weighing what to do with the toll road that carries about 50 million vehicles each year across northern Ohio. Democrats called for using money from an unanticipated state budget surplus to restore budget cuts to municipalities and schools, but Kasich decided to leave the money in Ohio's nearly tapped-out Rainy Day Fund. Despite the partisan criticism, Kasich's proposal seems to satisfy those who feared that a private turnpike operator would eliminate jobs, spend less on maintaining the road and impose higher tolls that would drive traffic onto local routes that meander through small towns.

 

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