Fort De Soto Toll Proposal ‘Dead’

State plans to raise the tolls for those heading to Fort De Soto were dropped yesterday.

From the Times:

"This year? It's deader than a doornail — I mean it is flat, Black Flag dead," said state Sen. Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, who sponsored bills with Rep. Jim Frishe, R-Belleair Bluffs.

I'm guessing it had something to do with the hundreds of angry people who came out to last week's public meeting discussing the toll hikes. Chalk one up for public participation.

This article appears in Mar 19-25, 2008.