pennnsylvania turnpike commission
Penn Pike Commission supporters fail in move to force vote on lease in legislature
Posted Wed, 2008-06-18 18:47Turnpike Commission supporters in the Pennsylvania legislature made an odd 
move Wednesday - introducing a measure which if passed would have instructed the Governor and state ("Commonwealth") officials to execute the Concession and Lease Agreement announced May 19th. The move was easily defeated by 185 to 12.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and Gov Rendell - a bizarre relationship
Posted Mon, 2008-06-09 19:11We asked a senior official in the Rendell Administration recently: "Why does the Governor put up with having his plan to lease the Turnpike trashed every day by the Turnpike
Commission? Why did he appoint these guys only to let them stomp all over him?"
There was a silence on the line and then he said: "I'm tempted, I'm tempted...If I answered that question however..." and that was about it.
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Governor says Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission "can't win by stalling" (but maybe they can)
Posted Tue, 2008-06-03 06:41
Governor Ed Rendell said Monday that the Turnpike Commission "can't win this by stalling." In a memo to Turnpike CEO Joseph Brimmeier, as reported by Brad Bumstead in the Pittsburgh Tribune this morning, the Governor wrote: "I believe it is time for the Commonwealth (of Pennsylvania) to get an answer one way or the other from the US Department of Transportation regarding whether tolls on Interstate 80 will be allowed."
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Penn Pike chief says planning to issue concession RFPs for els in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia (ADDITIONS)
Posted Wed, 2008-02-27 21:29
Penn Pike chief Joe Brimmeier is saying the Turnpike Commission is planning to issue Requests for Proposals shortly for toll concessions to build elevated toll express lanes on:
- (1) the Parkway East (I-376) east of Pittsburgh
- (2) the Schuykill Expressway (I-76) northwest of Philadelphia (pronounced 'skookull' with appropriate Dutch/Philly gutterals. REVISED)
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Penn Pike chief provokes fierce denunciations
Posted Wed, 2007-11-21 21:40
Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO Joseph Brimmeier is provoking fierce attacks on the Turnpike Commission. His hometown newspaper the Pittsburgh Tribune Review's editorial this morning is an example. Under the headline "Turnpike termerity: stop the games" they denounced the Turnpike demand that US Congressman John Peterson from northern Pennsylvania provide ID and proof of residency before they would consider his request for details of the Commission's spending on lobbyists.374 words read more »
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VERBAL ATROCITY Adverbicide on the Penna pike
Posted Wed, 1998-06-24 08:42VERBAL ATROCITY Adverbicide on the Penna pike
Originally published in issue 28 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jun 1998.
Page:16
Subjects:grammar adverbicide
Facilities:Penna pike
Agencies:PTC Pennnsylvania Turnpike Commission
Locations:Philadelphia PA
