wiregrass turnpike
Letter says TOLLROADSnews insulting to Jackson County on Wiregrass Pike AL-FL
Posted Tue, 2008-07-08 19:02Dear Mr. Samuel,
In response to your recent article titled “On the Wiregrass Turnpike controversy - critics seize on our not-for-profit comment."Â
One of your comments (quote)Â "One county located on I-10 shouldn't be able to deny more remote counties high standard connections to the modern road network with a selfish "What's in it for us?"
I would like to respond by simply saying that I am outraged and extremely insulted regarding you comments about small (counties) towns.
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On the Wiregrass Turnpike controversy - critics seize on our not-for-profit comment
Posted Mon, 2008-06-23 11:56
Our report on the proposal for a tollroad between the Wiregrass region of southeast Alabama and I-10 in the Panhandle of Florida - we dubbed it the Wiregrass Turnpike - has been picked up by local critics based on a short comment at the end on the history of Not-For-Profit (NFP) tollroads. They are quoting TOLLROADSnews as saying it has been a disaster.
Ed Holman a Washington County FL commissioner is one who misinterpreted our comment.
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