Tom - so what? The rally was posted everywhere. And nothing like calling the Governor names to get him to help us out. So hoping this would be one thing that was not about politics.

Wasn't the rally on Friday? Also, KSilvia - how would you possibly think that this would not be about politics? If it weren't for the moronic governor and other reps that voted for it, we wouldn't be in this position.

Tolls?ELEPHANTS? don't do anything but raise the tolls right where they are, SEE it's out!! someone said it. raise it on tourist, lower it on residents raise it on residents lower it on tourist I don't care how you do it, Thats has been a toll bridge for years from the start and since day 1 anyone who uses it has had to pay and don't say its unfair ro make those folks pay more, sorry to bad, tha'ts life, you put yourself in that situation and knew it to expect the rest of ri and mostly newport county to support you is stupid, Ok thats it, that simple, and thats what our reps should be doing.PERIOD PIAVA WEED didn't stop this she cause it and the reps saying mitigate it are on her side not ours'' just selling us the voters out

Traveling over the bridge from Tiverton with a one way only toll seems like a fair compromise to us. As long as the collected funds are used to maintain this very expensive much needed passageway. One of the reasons the original bridge has deteriorated is the from the lack of funds for the upkeep. We have 3 vehicles in our family that travel over the bridge daily and we are willing to pay our fair share to keep this roadway in safe condition. The toll should be the same for everyone resident and non-resident alike so not to hurt local businesses and the transponder helps keep it affordable. Let RITBA do there job much like they do on the Newport and Mt Hope and give them the funds to do so.

A one way toll will still cost $4.00 dollars without a transponder so hows that fair? you can't leave and never come back Jusy about anyone one on the Tiverton patch fights about schools and taxs, and alot of you have also helped with ways to get more business tax's in this town, This toll on 24 is just a big sign stay the hwll out of Tiverton and newport county
NO TOLLS

Between 2hours at Clements market and doing nothing for tolls on saturday and picking up peitions and refilling them Sunday afternoon , 540 folks signed their right to have htis stopped , that does not includes the 3 places that caLLED FOR REFILLS that I didn't get to, this is real and it is a voters revelution, don't lay down and don't leave it to the other guy, find a petition and sign it , the is a place online to sign it now stop thia crazyness
NO TOLLS ON 24 PERIOD!!!

See, now I guess it got deleted, but the threat from Joe is teh exact reason people do not post their full names on here. Frankly, that threat should be sent directly to the police department.

RI Law below:
RHODE ISLAND

§ 11-52-4.2. Cyberstalking prohibited

(a) Whoever transmits any communication by computer to any person or causes any person to be contacted for the sole purpose of harassing that person or his or her family is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($ 500), by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, "harasses" means following a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or bothers the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be of a kind that would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, or be in fear of bodily injury. "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct."
(b) A second or subsequent conviction under subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, by a fine of not more than six thousand dollars ($ 6,000), or both.

didn't read the "threat" i will soooner our later, but under the old patch editor threat tening comment were not held to the patch standard, i beleive those days are done mostly, for journalism to be fair and just it must have commenters own their comment TRUE?????

I was not on the email list for this thread, so all I saw was the little caption on the home page "Tom, you better hope no one finds out your real name" and that was it.... that is a threat. and since there is a reasonable avenue for someone to actually find out who tom really is, that constitutes a reasonable fear of bodily injury or emotional distress. Posting things like "I better not find out who you are" is a specific and reasonable threat which should be treated as a credible cyberthreat and the police should be notified by the administrator. The offended party should not even have to do anything, although he can on his own as well. the reason eastbayri shut down it's comments is because of multiple credible threats, and then the passage of that law.

oh, wait, I found it, it was not deleted, Joe actually used "reply" on that one.
"Joe Sousa.
6:34 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012
Tom you better hope your Identity is never found out."

In your opinion . The person called Tom is an anonymous poster and he or she has place comments on this site that are libelous. If any one should be charged it should be him. That was my thought when I said he better hope his Identity is never found out. You twisted it in to a threat .

Send an email to your congressional leaders and ask them to stop the transfer of the bridge . The bridge transfer requires approval of the Federal High way commission. Send an email today and let them know you want action.

I sent this Email out to our congressional leaders . Send that email now and we have a chance to stop this.
The transfer of the bridges requires Federal approval . We need you to step in to stop this transfer. The Federal Highway Admin. has the application . We need action fast to stop this from happening. This will hurt businesses on and off the island. It's not to late to stop this plan and save our businesses .
Joe Sousa.

With all the problems with the new bridge I have to wonder if it is in any better shape then the bridge it is replacing. There need to be an inspection by an independant engineering firm befor the state takes ownership from Cardi. Right now the thing is being held together with glue and has a noticeble list to the north.

well...a fu$ked up state just got more fu$ked up..!!!!!!!!!!...WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND...THE MOST UNBUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE IN THE UNION!!!