Northwest Florida Daily News reports that a local business owner and legislative candidate thinks he knows how to resolve the controversy over Mid-Bay Bridge toll rates. Jonathan Tallman proposes that the bridge authority pay off its $285 million debt and eliminate tolls altogether by applying for a share of the $1.5 billion BP owes Florida for damage caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. An authority official tells the newspaper, “We have directed our executive director and our attorney to look into this possibility. We are open to all ideas.”
