The Boss;773821 wrote:Good. I hate those bastards. That picture is a good example of one of the reasons--they take up half the road with their slow ass 1700's style form of transportation, the buggies are HARD on the roads and they don't pay road taxes because they don't buy gas. Not the only tax they're exempt from. I genuinely hate the Amish--they're all assholes too.
This was copied from the Dover Times Reporter 10/29/10 issue. This is there way of paying road taxes. Notice it says this is the 4'th time they have helped in this way since 2005
The Times-Reporter
Posted Oct 09, 2010 @ 12:42 AM
The Holmes County Amish Steering Committee, a subgroup of the Amish Safety Committee, donated $50,000 to a Road Maintenance Fund that will help pay for upcoming resurfacing work on sections of buggy lanes along Rt. 39 between Rt. 515 at Walnut Creek and Rt. 62 at Berlin.
Repair work also is planned for Rt. 515 in front of the Carlisle Inn and Rt. 39 eastbound between Rt. 515 and Walnut Creek Cheese. Traffic will be maintained with flaggers.
In accordance with Section 5501.33(A) of the Ohio Revised Code, any organization, individual or group of individuals may give money to the Ohio Department of Transportation to pay expenses the state incurs in maintaining, repairing or reconstructing state highways and roads upon which animal-drawn vehicles travel.
“This is the fourth time we’ve been able to apply these monies to the roadway since this section was established in the ORC during ODOT’s 2004-2005 Biennium Budget process,” said Richard A. Bible, ODOT District 11 deputy director at New Philadelphia.
“We are thrilled with this partnership and very appreciative of the Amish community’s generosity and willingness to assist us with roadway maintenance and repairs this way.”
ODOT’s Holmes County maintenance crews and Holmes Supply Corp. of Holmesville will begin the work Tuesday and it is expected to take one week to complete. ODOT also is contributing about $50,000 toward this project.