RED BANK: DUPONT TO MAN TOLLBOOTH
“I’ll take your offer. You tell me the time and place,” DuPont told a rep for the tolltakers’ union, which is fighting a move to privatize collections. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
Red Bank commuters may encounter a familiar face as they slow to pay a toll on the New Jersey Turnpike one day soon.
Borough Councilman Mike DuPont could be in the tollbooth, making change.
The Asbury Park Press reports that DuPont, a lawyer who wears a third hat as a New Jersey Turnpike Authority commissioner, has accepted a challenge by the tolltaker’s union to walk – or stand still – a mile in their shoes.
