Letter To The Editor: Vote Against Tolls, Vote For Devlin

Press release from Alexa Mullady:

October 30 2020

To the Editor:

While running for office, Governor Lamont learned early that many Connecticut taxpayers did not want tolls because they knew this was another tax. This was why he changed his proposal to “trucks only.” Big surprise that once elected the Governor’s plan became tolls for all, not just trucks.

As House ranking member of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Transportation Committee, State Representative Laura Devlin was a leader in the fight against tolls. Legislators like Laura and the group No Tolls Connecticut educated the public on what tolls really meant to taxpayers - turning our state into the most densely tolled in the nation, enabling continued misuse of revenue intended for transportation infrastructure, and an easy way to continue to grab more money out of the pockets of Connecticut taxpayers. When the plan was declared dead, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. But we should still be holding our breath.

Laura and others recognize the toll plan ended only because democrats could not risk such an unpopular proposal in an election year. A number of democrats would likely be defeated in the upcoming election if they voted in favor of tolls and they could not afford to lose their majority stranglehold in Hartford. So politics being what it is, the democrats declared tolls “dead.” But make no mistake - tolls are not dead; the issue of tolls is merely waiting to creep back into the next legislative session.

The democrats fooled many into thinking the Governor would stick to truck only tolling. Now they want us to believe they would not bring tolls back. But they will. It is imperative that anti-toll candidates are elected in November. Your vote for Laura Devlin is critical to ensure she is re-elected and will continue the fight against tolls when they are proposed again next session.

Sincerely,
Alexa Mullady
Fairfield, CT

This press release was produced by the Alexa Mullady. The views expressed here are the author’s own.