Is The 241 Tollway A Private Road?
Environmentalists exhibit a pattern of saying pretty much anything in order to achieve their objective, whether true or not.
My favorite topic, the 241 tollway extension in Orange County, is a good example.
The enviros are fond of calling it a "private road." They think it is horrible to build any kind of road on state parkland, but to their collective sensibility it is even more offensive to build a private road. My guess is they’re trying to incite the general public with the suggestion that corrupt taxpayer susbsidies are being given to a greedy private toll road operator.
For example, a fellow named Jack Eidt – the director of a group called the Wildlife Heritage Planners — penned a letter to the editor of the Orange County Register last month opposing (surprise) the completion of the 241. In it, he stated:
…the public would have to support a private road for inland homeowners…[emphasis … Read More