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Remember when

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 By Mike Maurer

Remember when they made fun of Ken Blackwell’s proposal to privatize the Ohio Turnpike?

Pennsylvania just raked in nearly $13 billion for its turnpike. Ohio probably wouldn’t bring as much, being a bit removed from the east coast, but then again, there’s quite a little bit of transport comin’ through the heartland.

What do you suppose, say, $8 billion or even $10 billion would do for the Ohio capital budget? Heck, let’s make it $4 billion. Think of all the Third Frontier money we could give to private companies!

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