�This is wrong,� said Steve Patton of Watsontown Trucking in Clearfield.
He credited Clarion area officials with �carrying a torch for anti-tolling� efforts.
Patton said he doesn�t feel politicians in the state appreciate the efforts of hard-working businesspeople.
Ken McGuffin, plant manager at the Sealy Mattress factory in Strattanville, said they have an annual payroll of $6 million.
The plant also runs about one million miles in distribution per year with 350,000 miles on I-80.
The proposed toll would increase the factory�s costs by $175,000 a year, he said.
�It would not be difficult if costs are high enough for Sealy Corp. to collapse the Clarion plant and move the business into surrounding plants,� he said.
John Bilyak of NAI Pittsburgh Commercial said Pennsylvania is behind other states in the region in terms of positive business climate and a toll on I-80 would not help matters
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