tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832361.post3256628933209901849..comments2023-11-11T11:11:59.603-06:00Comments on RickBoyne.com: Questions for Oklahoma Turnpike AuthorityRick Boynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518041582653090943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832361.post-53746941783602083542010-08-15T08:22:28.648-05:002010-08-15T08:22:28.648-05:00I have traveled from Tulsa to SW Missouri for deca...I have traveled from Tulsa to SW Missouri for decades. I grew up not far from Branson. I don't believe I have, even once, gone up there when there was not road construction going on on the turnpike.<br /><br />The Constitution of Missouri requires gas tax to go to the roads, Oklahoma's only 'earmarks' it. That is the source of the problem, however I digress.<br /><br />The issue is the OTA itself. A secretive autonomous Authority that has it's own source of money to slosh around at it's whim. <br /><br />Bureaucracies always find ways to perpetuate themselves and keep themselves busy, and that is what they are doing. <br /><br />Plus, I strongly suspect that companies owned by buddies and brothers in law of board members get a lot of the business of resurfacing.<br /><br />When I was in college the OTA and Grand River Dam Authority were even focal points in my Gov't class! They were held up as examples of secretive budgeting process. I think they are more open now than then, but one sure wonders....Monk-in-Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373661525025912462noreply@blogger.com