OT: Open source voting machines and other gizmos (was Re: Comcast and SORBS)

[jkinz at kinz.org (Jeff Kinz)]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 11:17:15AM -0500, dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:53:57PM -0500, Bob George wrote:
> > >Only if you not going to keep it more than 19 months.
> > >NJ charges a $1 per month fee above the toll payments.
> > > 
> > >
> > Ah, I'll check for that but hadn't noticed it previously. Still, I 
> > harbor the hope that my NJ transponder issues a few choice profanities 
> > every time it's read.
> 
> New York, however, does not.


ummm - They charge even more, look at the end of this page:
http://www.e-zpassny.com/static/terms/2004.pdf

See the entry that says:

"Port Authority monthly account service fee" $1.00  

And the one that says:

"Monthly statement by mail, annual fee $6.00



I love how government can get away with logic that goes like this:

"These new devices reduce the cost of collecting toll payments"

"But now we have to charge you additional fees to use them"


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