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Kansas governor plans to merge Turnpike Authority into DOT

GasBuddy Blog -- When you hear Governor Sam Brownback explain it, you have to wonder why it took so long to come to the realization that excess bureaucracy is costing Kansas taxpayers and motorists money they can ill afford to waste.

Brownback announced last week that he wants to abolish the Kansas Turnpike Authority and put operations of the Turnpike under the secretary of transportation. In his recent 2013 State of the State speech to the legislature Brownback said:

"One of the clearest examples of duplication in state government is the fact that we have two highway departments: the Kansas Department of Transportation, and the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
"It is time that we realize the efficiencies to be gained by placing these two...

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Submitted Feb 09, 2013 By: PD

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