Tolls are taxes. Let’s not play semantics.

Republicans are working overtime to sell you the idea that toll roads are really just “choice lanes,” and there is really nothing to see here in terms of passing HB321. They are saying that Tennessee Stands is just spreading misinformation by calling their proposal, “toll roads.” They are saying that HB321 will actually restrict the […]

The real cost of Governor Lee’s toll roads.

Governor Bill Lee’s proposal for the Transportation Modernization Act is a tax hike. Choice lanes are toll roads. And tolls are taxes. In the Governor’s proposal, you’ll hear about public-private partnerships and a development strategy that will take the burden for new roads off of the taxpayer. But no one is telling you how much […]