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Michael DiVittorio | Tribune-Review
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In the fairy tale about goats trying to cross a bridge, a troll sat under the bridge, waiting to gobble up the goats as payment for their audacity.
Troll bridge. Toll bridge. Is there really much difference? It’s easy to feel like you are being gobbled down one bite at a time when being nickeled and dimed and dollared and credit-carded via Pennsylvania’s toll roads.
So the state Senate action on tolls can seem a lot like the end of the story, when the biggest goat knocks the troll into the river and he disappears forever.
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Republicans in Pennsylvania’s Senate are trying to make Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration start over on its plans to toll up to nine major bridges, approving a bill Tuesday to require the state Department of Transportation to undergo a new process that includes approval from the Legislature.
The bill passed the Republican-controlled chamber, 28-19, with the backing of every Republican and one Democrat.
The bill now goes to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, but it may have a short life: Wolf opposes the bill, and the Senate lacks a veto-proof majority.
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