Logan Airport scam

[JustRalph]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/08/27/dropping-off-friend-logan-could-cost-you/hMr9xTwmlyeXsMp3Rd1uVK/story.html

Tax people for drop offs and pickups

[summersquall]

While it is not couched in terms of a tax to pacify the environmentalists if you ever travel through the Dallas Fort Worth airport labyrinth a two dollar payment is required in order to enter the airport grounds.

[jimmyb]

Somebody' has to pay these lifers.

"Because most of the hacks on Beacon Hill are now making north of $100,000 a year. The geriatric so-called leadership is closer to 200 large, which is why the top ranks are looking more and more like Marian Manor West — a retirement home for indolent unemployables like DeLeo (age 67), Rosenberg (67) Chandler (79) and Mariano (71)."

"You see, it’s almost impossible now to oust an incumbent. There used to be “D’s” and “R’s,” but now the largest party is “L” – Lifers. You would need the Jaws of Life to pry them out. Being a solon in 2017 is almost a tenured position, like they’re in a union – the International Brotherhood of Payroll Patriots."

https://howiecarrshow.com/u-s-rep-slot-not-worth-risking-paycheck/

[barahona44]

Logan is a really crowded airport(although compared to Laguardia, it's a wide open prairie), they utiliize every square inch , not sure where those 5,000 parking spots are going to be , unless it's away from the airport (Maybe they'll take Suffolk Downs by eminent domain, it's less than a mile away:)).People are NOT going to take public transportation to pick up passengers; luggage on a subway car would be a nightmare and right now, you take a bus called the Logan Express which IIRC is 12 dollars one way and 22 round trip out to a handful of suburban locations or the MTA bus/ subway.I'm not seeing it.

[jimmyb]

Logan is a really crowded airport(although compared to Laguardia, it's a wide open prairie), they utiliize every square inch , not sure where those 5,000 parking spots are going to be , unless it's away from the airport (Maybe they'll take Suffolk Downs by eminent domain, it's less than a mile away:)).People are NOT going to take public transportation to pick up passengers; luggage on a subway car would be a nightmare and right now, you take a bus called the Logan Express which IIRC is 12 dollars one way and 22 round trip out to a handful of suburban locations or the MTA bus/ subway.I'm not seeing it.


The pols will seize this opportunity to fee, or by it's true definition, to tax an already overtaxed electorate.

In 1966, under republican governor John Volpe, a 'temporary' 3% sales tax was implemented to offset a $200 million deficit. The only thing temporary turns out was the 3%, as it was raised to 5% and then to it's current 6.25%.

[Tom]

Why would anyone want to go Boston anyways?