Trans-Texas corridor stirs controversy
Jim Brown – OneNewsNow – 2/26/2008

The debate in Texas over a proposed 4,000-mile network of toll roads that will parallel the state’s existing highway system is heating up
More than 10,000 people have attended public hearings across Texas to discuss the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor, which has also been dubbed the “NAFTA superhighway.” It [...]

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Pro-toll former City Councilman turned Greater Chamber President Richard Perez, has turned into the whiner-in-chief on behalf of the Chamber’s big dog, Zachry. This propaganda campaign is a bankrupt attempt to blame those looking out for the taxpayers and advocating for the economic survival of families for the greed of government and [...]

Listen to 16 year incumbent for State Representative Frank Corte runaway from his record of consistently voting for toll roads here.
Follow the Money
Frank Corte’s campaign finance report looks like a who’s who of toll road interests: Hilco, Red McCombs, Terrell McCombs, Tim Tuggey, Union Pacific (for the Trans Texas Corridor), Tim Word. There’s several [...]

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Feb. 27, 2008
Speakers blast Trans-Texas Corridor at hearing
Poem, call for ‘revolution’ mark emotional event
By ZEN T. C. ZHENG
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
A poem depicting a dialogue between a spider and a fly, a rewritten 19th century letter by a hero of the Texas Revolution, and many emotion-choked speeches marked the second [...]

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Superhighway poses threat to area history
Destruction of graves, prehistoric camps for corridor concern historians

BY DAVID TEWES – VICTORIA ADVOCATE
February 26, 2008
It’s the kind of thing that has inspired science fiction horror movies.
Unmarked graves with the remains of Victoria County’s pioneers and prehistoric camps and burials dating back 9,500 years dot the countryside.

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Campaign records now show what we already know; Doug Miller, candidate running to unseat GOOD GUY State Representative Nathan Macias in District 73, is a toller! Miller also took money from other road contractors, Tim and Dean Word. Follow the money, folks!

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Lawsuit challenges impact of toll road
By Patrick Driscoll
Express-News
02/27/2008
A long-running standoff over plans to morph part of U.S. 281 into a tollway — a spat that could lead to costly delays for motorists — headed to a federal court Tuesday.Toll road critics and environmental activists joined forces, once again, [...]

Taxes or Tolls on the Trans Texas Corridor
by Ron Paul | February 24, 2008
Texas Straight Talk
One major concern I discussed a few weeks ago regarding the Trans Texas Corridor is where the land will come from. Another concern is where the money will come from. Official government websites for the TTC assure that public-private partnerships [...]

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TURF, AGUA file lawsuit to halt 281 toll project
Citizens call for gas tax funded improvements be installed immediately
San Antonio, TX, February 26, 2008 – Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF), a grassroots group defending citizens from tolls on existing roads, and Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas (AGUA), advocates for protection of the Edwards [...]

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Friday, February 22, 2008
Gila Corp. will call those who skip tolls
Austin Business Journal
The organization that runs the relatively new toll roads in Central Texas has hired its first bill collector.
Austin-based Gila Corp., through its business unit Municipal Services Bureau, was recently awarded a contract with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority [...]