XPost: misc.transport.road   
   From: jfc@mit.edu   
      
   In article <1161773722.081488.246760@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   SP Cook  wrote:   
   >The tunnel is a private business, set up in Michigan as an LLC with two   
   >owners.  The city of Detroit owns 50% and the city of Windsor owns 50%.   
   > This is no different from, say, the 40% of Kraft stock that is owned   
   >by public pension funds and companies.  It does not make it a "public"   
   >business.  Just a private business that happens to have governments as   
   >stockholders.   
   >   
   >By being a "private business" the tunnel avoids all of the stuff like   
   >FOIA, public hearings, and such.  Also the road is not incorporated   
   >into the NHS, so the tunnel can set its own rules w/o asking.   
      
   Without special legislation, drivers can make their own rules   
   in reply.  Private traffic rules are not binding as a general   
   rule in the United States.  All the property owner can do is   
   order disobedient or otherwise undesirable persons to leave.   
      
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       John Carr (jfc@mit.edu)   
      
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