Texans Protest Trans-Texas Toll Road Proposal
As reported by OneNewsNow, more than 10k people have attended public hearings to "discuss" the proposed four-thousand-mile network of toll roads known as the Trans-Texas Corridor (a.k.a. the "NAFTA superhighway"). "They're taking huge swaths of land. Some of it is prime agriculture land," Terry Hall of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) protests. "And they're going [to] hand it over to private entities for commercial gain." Texas Governor Perry calls such critics "unenlightened." Perry claims people need the road system so they "don't spend all their time in gridlock instead of being with their kids at soccer practice or back home with their families." The Houston Chronicle reports on the public hearing in Katy, where dozens of speakers decried the road system as "un-American." "These are the things that started the American Revolution– the seizing of houses and land, and taxation without representation," according to Dianne Hodge of Waller. "If we need a new American Revolution to restore a government of the people, by the people and for the people, then let it begin in Texas."
Glenn is a baby-boomer, born in 1954. Along with his wife, he makes his home in Connecticut. Employed in the public sector as an Information Tedchnology Specialist, Glenn has long been a car fan. Past rides have included heavy iron such as a 1967 GTO, to a V8 T-Bird. In between those high-horsepower cars, he's owned a pair of BMW 320i's. Now, with a daily commute of 40 miles, his concession to MPG dictates the ownership of a 2006 Honda Civic coupe which, while fun to drive, is a modest car for a pistonhead. As an avid reader, Glenn enjoys TTAC, along with many other auto-realated sites, and the occasional good book. As an avid electronic junkie, Glenn holds an Advanced Class amateur ("ham") radio license, and is into many things electronic. From a satellite radio and portable GPS unit in the cars, to a modest home theater system and radio-intercom in his home, if it's run by the movement of electrons, he's interested. :-)
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mel23 Not only is that site a mishmash, but the guy can't even get his name right - he's not George W. Bush Jr. The bigger point is this is not germain to the discussion at hand - which is this land grab in Texas by the gubmint for the "common good".
EEGeek, Dallas, being north of I-10, is yankee territory for sure. Seriously, I am from Houston. I forgot about the Dallas toll roads. Still, it's more proof for my point since Dallas was infested by a bunch of carpet bag carrying bankers and financial types a long time ago. Did you think a bunch of Aggies started all those banks and investment companies? Haven't you noticed that all the corporations from the northeast have their regional HQ's in Dallas rather than Houston, Austin, or San Antonio? But seriously, I really do think it's a yankee thing. They must have got it from all those royals they married into.
Glenn, We have to blame it on someone. Gratz on the tollway free zone.