| The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) project championed by Gov. Rick Perry will bring about mass evictions of Texans from their homes, farms, and ranches. This is the largest land-grab in Texas history. Perry plans to force Texas families from their homes, kicking and screaming, so a foreign company can profit for the next 50 years. And, the details of the land grab are still being withheld from the public, for more than a year. Learn more at www.StopPerry.com | |
Friday, October 20, 2006
Carole Keeton Strayhorn -- the alternative to the Trans Texas Corridor mess
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Warren Buffet has linked leasing roads to be tolled by private companies as selling off pieces of the farm and raising the mortgage. Story here.
During the 1995 legislative session, Dan Shelley, who was working for Gov. George W. Bush, pushed a bill that created strong incentives for the state to contract out welfare programs to private firms. Shortly after the bill passed, Shelley quit Bush's office and began lobbying for Lockheed-Martin-IMS, one of several companies that were vying for the welfare contract. The contract was worth approximately $2 billion.
Then, during Perry's administration, Dan Shelley, who was working as an independent “consultant” lobbying for Cintra, was hired as an aide to Gov. Perry. Next, Cintra was awarded the exclusive development rights for the corridor. Then, Shelley returned to being a lobbyist for Cintra. Story here.
Gov. Rick Perry is aggressively pursing tolling most highways, in part be used to pay for the toll road. Yet, there exists ample money in TxDOT's coffers to pay for the roads without resorting to tolling. Revenue will mainly be used to pay for the Trans Texas Corridor -- specifically relocating the railroad lines. That was made clear once the contract with Cintra-Zachry was made public. It is something Perry does not want known. That's why it was a secret.
Gov. Perry and Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, who sit on the Texas Bond Review Board, have been trying to use money from Texas Mobility Fund ONLY to fund TOLL roads. The one who has prevented Perry’s travesty is the third member of the board -- Carole Keeton Strayhorn. She is the only candidate with a viable plan to terminate the contract with Cintra-Zachry. She is endorsed by the San Antonio Toll Party. Please vote for Strayhorn for governor.
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These politicians are the people who brought you the TRANS-TEXAS CORRIDOR AND TOLLS ON ROADS WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR.
They voted to confiscate Texans' private property and give it to a foreign company for profit. (HB-3588)
Governor Rick Perry (R)
AG Commissioner Todd Staples (R), (Senate sponsor of Trans Texas Corridor bill)
TX Senators:
Dist 1 Kevin P. Eltife (R)
Dist 2 Bob Deuell (R)
Dist 5 Steve Ogden (R)
Dist 12 Jane Nelson (R)
Dist 15 John Whitmire (D)
Dist 17 Kyle Janek (R)
Dist 22 Kip Averitt (R) (Falls, McClennan, & Hill Co)
Dist 25 Jeff Wentworth (R)
Dist 29 Eliot Shapleigh (D)
Texas House of Representatives:
Dist 2 Dan Flynn (R)
Dist 4 Betty Brown (R)
Dist 7 Tommy Merritt (R)
Dist 8 Byron Cook (R)
Dist 15 Rob Eissler (R)
Dist 19 Mike Hamilton (R)
Dist 20 Dan Gattis (R) (Milam Co, northern Williamson Co)
Dist 24 Larry Taylor (R)
Dist 29 Glenda Dawson (R)
Dist 32 Gene Seaman (R)
Dist 45 Patrick M. Rose (D)
Dist 46 Dawnna Dukes (D)
Dist 50 Mark Strama (D)
Dist 52 Mike Krusee (R) (southern Williamson Co--author of TTC bill)
Dist 55 Dianne White Delisi (R) (Bell Co--co-author of TTC bill)
Dist 56 Charles "Doc" Anderson (R) (McClennan Co)
Dist 58 Rob Orr (R) (Bosque Co)
Dist 59 Sid Miller (R) (Coryell Co)
Dist 60 James L. "Jim" Keffer (R)
Dist 62 Larry Phillips (R)
Dist 64 Myra Crownover (R)
Dist 65 Burt Solomons (R)
Dist 69 David Farabee (D)
Dist 70 Ken Paxton (R)
Dist 81 G.E. "Buddy" West (R)
Dist 83 Delvin Jones (R)
Dist 84 Carl H. Isett (R)
Dist 86 John Smithee (R)
Dist 88 Warren Chisum (R)
Dist 89 Jodie Laubenberg (R)
Dist 96 Bill Zedler (R)
Dist 97 Anna Mowery (R)
Dist 98 Vicki Truitt (R)
Dist 99 Charlie Geren (R)
Dist 102 Tony Goolsby (R)
Dist 103 Rafael Anchia (D)
Dist 105 Linda Harper-Brown (R)
Dist 107 Bill Keffer (R)
Dist 108 Dan Branch (R)
Dist 112 Fred Hill (R)
Dist 113 Joe Driver (R)
Dist 114 Will Hartnett (R)
Dist 120 Ruth Jones McClendon (D)
Dist 121 Joe Straus (R)
Dist 122 Frank J. Corte Jr. (R)
Dist 123 Mike Villarreal (D)
Dist 127 Joe Crabb (R)
Dist 129 John E. Davis (R)
Dist 130 Corbin Van Arsdale (R)
Dist 132 Bill Callegari (R)
Dist 134 Martha Wong (R)
Dist 138 Dwayne Bohac (R)
Dist 144 Robert E. Talton (R)
Since these folks have worked so hard to give our land to the Spaniards, I feel they deserve a vacation. Let's send them home.
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