The Mercury News editorial board writes, “If MTC wants drivers to pay more, its leaders should start showing they know how to responsibly spend a buck, or $5 billion that a $3 additional toll would raise over 25 years.” What sparked the editorial was MTC’s expenditure of about $13,500 for a commission and staff workshop at a hotel five blocks away from the agency’s “new $256 million office building in downtown San Francisco, which was funded largely with bridge toll money and ran 53 percent over budget.”
