PHOTO: Bridge Tolls Becomes Election Issue for Protesters
Protesters were seen Wednesday evening at Turnpike Avenue and East Main Road.
If it hasn't already, proposed bridge tolls become an election issue for a couple of protesters Wednesday evening.
About three protesters held up Mitt Romney campaign signs, as well as signs reading "No Tolls on Bridge," at the corner of East Main Road and Turnpike Avenue Wednesday evening.
This is the second time in recent weeks protesters have rallied at the corner.
This small rally also follows petitions circulating throughout Aquidneck Island and Tiverton to protest plans for tolls on the new Sakonnet River Bridge.
Do you think bridge tolls is an election issue this year? Why or why not? Tell us in the comment section below!
Portsmouth runner
6:08 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
"Vote Romney 2012 cause hes against tools! Oh he put in more than 1,000 tolls, fees, etc. in MA? Well it doesn't matter he flipped flopped!"
Sigh...
Tim Crone
12:02 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Yes, those are completely unrelated signs. Just add a "Save the whales" and a "Don't take my gun" sign, and you could complete the circle of confusion.
Brad Burt
9:51 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Idiots will ruin a local problem with that Romney Stuff. Save it for another place morons. I am so pissed about the tolls it makes so mad
Chris Carceller
5:50 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Tim Crone ....you made me laugh.......
Herb Weiss
11:17 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
If the RIBTA and the State go ahead with the toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge, We the people of Aquidneck Island and Newport County should file suit against the State Of Rhode Island and seek an immediate court injunction to stop the toll for Unfair taxes and discrimination. I feel this toll is uncontitutional and illegal based on southern Rhode Island residents paying a higher tax rate than central and northern Rhode Island communities.