Letter to a greedy state

To New Hampshire:

It’s bad enough that you charge an exorbitant toll for your little stretch of I-95, but to jam up Maine-bound vacation traffic for two hours at your ransom plaza is unforgivable.

I own a guest house in Aroostook County and my visitors are arriving dangerously late from a two-hour delay that puts them on unfamiliar moose-crossing roads after dark because they had no reason to suspect that New Hampshire would be holding them hostage along the way.

State-sponsored greed that endangers hard-working folks hoping to enjoy their valuable vacation time is a scary thing. Endeavoring to balance the state budget on the backs of people who utilize none of your infrastructure but for the short stretch of road that takes them from Massachusetts into Maine is not the worst of it, though.

The ultimate tell-tale sign of disregard for human welfare in the interest of profiteering is your promotion of liquor sales on the highway.

Keep up this idiocy and maybe Maine and Massachusetts, gracious bookends that they are, will figure out a way to annex your little cash-cow patch of ground and spare vacationers the nightmare of having to pass through New Hampshire, the Greedy State.

Linda Griffith

Blaine