Bribes for Tolls?
There’s been quite a public uproar about toll roads being established in the Charlotte area. Yet, government officials in the areas most affected by the proposed tolls are enthusiastically backing
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Thom Thillis Tholl Roads whipping up quite a thempest among Mecklenburg pols
We’ve written extensively about the controversy surrounding the hiring of a Spanish contractor to “manage” lanes on the soon-to-be widened section of I-77 in Northern Mecklenburg County. State House speaker
Continue reading‘Who Knows?’ Big questions still linger about the price tag for Tillis Tholl Roads
Thom Tillis pushed approval for privately-managed toll roads through the North Carolina House despite objections from NCGOP grassroots leaders. Skip Stam has endorsed the idea. Gov. Pat McCrory has
Continue reading“EAT” your toll road. It’s, um, GOOD for you!
Gov. Pat McCrory trotted out NCDOT secretary Tony Tata to defend the wildly controversial I-77 “HOT lane” tolling project in Mecklenburg County. (McCrory, House speaker Thom Tillis, and speaker pro
Continue readingTharte. Thillis. Tholl Roads. Thwenty dollars round-trip DAILY. Throuble?
Toll roads. House speaker and US Senate Thom Tillis thinks they are OK. So does state House speaker pro tem Skip Stam. Gov. Pat likes them, and so does his
Continue readingI-77 Tholl Road Thom-foolery: *Pay no attention to those leaked state govt documents*
Political elites lusting for the installation of toll roads from Murphy to Manteo are having conniptions over reports that the first battery of tolls could cost commuters as much as $20
Continue readingBOHICA Alert: Cost projections show new toll roads to be LITERAL highway robbery
Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, and the McCrory administration have all been singing the praises of HOT lanes and tolls as THE BEST way to pay for future road construction and
Continue readingWhen things get HOT, Tholl Road Thom takes his marbles and goes home
This was supposed to be a great weekend for Thom Tillis. He’s presiding over the state House at a historic time for the NCGOP. The state GOP convention was in
Continue readingThe NC House: Seems like Old Times
Neil Simon had a pretty successful movie in the 70s by that name. It’s too bad we’re not talking about a comedy classic here. Deals being cut behind
Continue readingTillis 2012: Tolls are bad. Tillis 2013: Tolls are OK.
A Mecklenberg County-based grassroots group has released some rather provocative video featuring state House speaker Thom Tillis. In the video, Tillis can be seen and heard addressing a
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