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The New Maine Times has been running a three part "Investigations" piece on the Maine Turnpike Authority.  It repeatedly refers to the Maine Turnpike Authority as a "private corporation." The series begins: "SOMEWHERE NORTH OF THE YORK TOLLS - Everyone who drives a car and travels anywhere from Augusta and Lewiston to Kittery is intimately aware of the Maine Turnpike, if only because they grumble as they look for enough money to pay the tolls.  Even