> I don't like the work "privatized." Too bad. The meaning fits. It's unrealistic to propose that a new bridge would be built by private money. There's plenty

> I don't like the work "privatized." Too bad. The meaning fits. It's unrealistic to propose that a new bridge would be built by private money. There's plenty of private investment money floating around in the Bay Area, and it hasn't come close to happening yet. And you have completely failed to respond to the concern that your proposed toll-refunding mandate would make a privately-operated bridge an even less viable investment than the non-starter it evidently already is. You're just dogmatically asserting that the free market will always provide, when it looks pretty clear that the free market would just say "no thanks".