However, the Turnpike Authority will certainly work with the administration and the Legislature on any proposals that may benefit the state.

From this point forward, all traffic going southbound will be going over the new bridge.

The State Police felt there was a need for that type of patrol, and if it's effective there, it will certainly be staying.

It really was a business decision. Putting that $17 million into the pool of resources will allow us to have more cash in hand, get a better bond rating and borrow money at a lower rate.

The commission lacked the necessary statutory authority to respond more robustly with meaningful civil penalties and express anti-manipulation authority. The commission played a weak hand rather well, in my opinion.

In my estimation we will work with schools for 10 to 12 years, until they are sustainable and funded, and then drop them from the program and pick up new schools. It can't be a series of programs funded externally — its start-up funding.