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Whatever you do…
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller …don’t tell the governor, or he’ll find a way to tax this industry to death as well. Barges on the Illinois River carried nearly 5 million more tons of products in 2004 than the previous year, while cargo shipments on the Mississippi River fell by more than 3 million tons. Link via Peoria Pundit.
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- So-Called Austin Mayor - Wednesday, Jan 19, 05 @ 8:26 pm:
They weren’t taxes… they were fees!
- Anonymous - Thursday, Jan 20, 05 @ 8:55 am:
Too late.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Jan 20, 05 @ 4:01 pm:
Ok, so we’re going to start taxing barges…..
Now, THIS one’s going to be fun. Exactly HOW are we going to start taxing the barges?
I know, we’ll charge them tolls. Oops, can’t setup toll booths on the locks on the Illinois - they’re run by the US Army Corps of Engineers, and as we all know, Rod isn’t on the best of terms with different US government agencies…. Also, there’s just a few ‘minor’ legal issues like taxing “Interstate Commerce” at play here….
Maybe we’ll task the IL State Police to start pulling over the barges for “Speeding”. Oops, Chuck Goudie (WLS Ch. 7) might just have a field day with that one - and we can’t have any negative spin disrupting our weekly press conferences.
I’m getting visions of the toll booth at “Rock Ridge” (see “Blazing Saddles” - Mel Brooks). Btw, didn’t Mel Brooks play the role of the Governor (William J. LaPetomane, who had the priceless line of “We’re trying to keep our phony baloney jobs here!”) in the movie?
If this came to pass, couldn’t this end up being a case of life imitating art?