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Old 02-11-2011, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Cleveland Suburbs
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Anyway, back on topic. Kasich is at it again. Everytime this guy opens his mouth I cringe. Should we be worried in this state? I think so...
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:19 AM
 
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For your information there were no tolls on the highways west of Illinois, and the roads were just as good as, and in many cases better then the Ohio Turnpike.
I drove from Cleveland to Phoenix and back a few times--there are definitely tolls in Oklahoma along its main freeways.
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:20 AM
 
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Anyway, back on topic. Kasich is at it again. Everytime this guy opens his mouth I cringe. Should we be worried in this state? I think so...
Hopefully, the actual legislators will come to their senses quickly and shut him down. I don't have much hope in that, however.
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:25 AM
 
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The point is ... seeing as you missed it ... is this: Indiana has leased its toll road, and said toll road's maintenance is far less effective (lousy snow removal, poor surface, etc.) than that of the turnpike commission-run Ohio Turnpike.
Not only is it their toll road, it's the same damn interstate as Ohio's. It's a direct comparison on the same road. You could see the difference if you were on foot. But, you're wasting your time with that fool.
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:31 AM
 
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I drove from Cleveland to Phoenix and back a few times--there are definitely tolls in Oklahoma along its main freeways.
Texas, Colorado, Nevada... basically, most states with areas of population density that require a significant amount of truck traffic. Places like Montana don't have any because they don't have nearly the traffic or the resulting heavy road damage.
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Where there is too much snow!
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The next time you drive down a road with one lane closed or have to take a detour, and you have 5 State trucks and a whole slew of State workers doing nothing, then maybe this isn't a bad idea. We saw this over and over while we were down there.
Shoot AP, didn't you know that we were going to change our state flower to the (Orange Barrel)? We truck drivers like to call those barrels "Schnieder eggs", because the Schnieder trucking company has the same color trucks as the construction barrels.
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Old 02-11-2011, 02:45 PM
 
Location: State of General Disarray
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Let's sell the Turnpike!!!

"Wouldn't it be fantastic if I could take another country in Ohio called the turnpike, if I could privatize it and generate as much as $2.5 billion, potentially? We'll see," Kasich said. ---This is, like, a Palin WTF moment!
Oh my god, I am so sorry for you guys in Ohio. I was there right before the election and I am blown away that this clown was elected. Ohio's politics are weird.


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As for your comparison to Indiana, if Indiana were the only other state I would consider your point. Last summer we drove from Anchorage to Ohio and covered 12 states and 4 Providences of Canada. For your information there were no tolls on the highways west of Illinois, and the roads were just as good as, and in many cases better then the Ohio Turnpike. But I guess you would actually have to leave Ohio to know that.
Should someone bother to point out that Canada doesn't have Providences, it has Provinces? Sorry, but that bugged me.

I will however say that I drove the Indiana toll road about a month ago for the first time in several years and it was in much better condition than I remembered it. But the OH Turnpike was darn near perfect... very impressed.
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Over the Rainbow...
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Not only is it their toll road, it's the same damn interstate as Ohio's. It's a direct comparison on the same road. You could see the difference if you were on foot. But, you're wasting your time with that fool.
I'll tend to you later when I have time but this is your one warning with the name calling and ridiculos accusations. You want to be reported that's fine with me. Go and sell some SAD lights; you know where you said that people who need those are weak.

As for your remark about Palin, just so she isn't probed by aliens like Denny.
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:24 PM
 
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Well, pat, you should know all about weakness. And, my "one warning?" Oooooooohhhhh!!!

Btw, how do you know what she gets probed by?
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Old 02-12-2011, 06:31 AM
 
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Texas, Colorado, Nevada... basically, most states with areas of population density that require a significant amount of truck traffic. Places like Montana don't have any because they don't have nearly the traffic or the resulting heavy road damage.
I don't remember them being in Texas along I-40, but I'm sure they're probably elsewhere.
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