Link to article here.
US DOT Misreports Gasoline Tax Revenue
Motor fuel excise tax revenue was up $185 million in 2008, not down, contrary to US Department of Transportation claims.
December 23, 2008
The Newspaper.com
The US Department of Transportation (US DOT) has falsely suggested that the nationwide drop in vehicle miles traveled is endangering the revenue source used to [...]

Link to article here.
Voters may get say on toll roads
By Pat Driscoll
Express-News
December 20, 2008
Talks are gaining steam to abolish San Antonio’s fledging toll-road agency and give voters a long-demanded say-so on toll roads.Shuttering the five-year-old Alamo Regional Mobility Authority, which still is several years away from opening a toll road, would be a byproduct [...]

This last minute rule change MANDATES market-based tolling nationwide. Remember, it started here in Texas with the counterfeit moratorium bill, SB 792, that Rick Perry signed into law with glee largely due to the market-based tolling provision. It unleashed the MOST EXPENSIVE transportation tax on Texas and, as we predicted, across the country.
Market-based tolls means [...]

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Our own Mel Borel attended the meeting along with several other TURF supporters and does a great job during the interview! Thanks Mel!

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Jenny Hoff

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Sunset Commission , comprised [...]

Link to article here. The Commission was divided on whether TxDOT’s head should be elected. Perry has too many well-placed cronies. Sunset Commission Chairman Rep. Carl Isett tried to place an albatross over any effort to get TxDOT directly answerable to the PEOPLE of Texas by making the agency head be an elected position.
San Antonio’s [...]

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Illinois Governor Blagojevich Saw Personal Green in Toll Lane Idea
Illinois governor arrested for approving a toll lane project in return for campaign cash.
The Newspaper.com
December 10, 2008
The green in Governor Rod R. Blagojevich’s “Green Lane” tolling proposal was headed to the pocket of the Illinois Democrat, according to charges filed this weekend. Most [...]

Link to article here.
Vote frees NE Austin tollway project to move ahead in 2009
Transportation officials approve financial pairing of U.S. 290, 183-A
By Ben Wear
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Transportation officials decided to create a financial marriage between two toll roads Monday, a move that could allow the U.S. 290 East tollway project to break [...]

Link to article here.
Time for a new participant in toll-road controversy: AACOG
By Carlos Guerra
Express-News
12/02/2008
Amazing how an already long tale keeps growing, all because we refuse to deal with the reality of our drinking water.
Commuters who drive into town via U.S. 281 know all about long morning waits. Of course, that’s because they moved [...]

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Bailed-Out Bank Goes on Toll Road Buying Binge
Bailed out Citigroup fund spends $10 billion buying 44 foreign toll roads.
The Newspaper.com
December 1, 2008
Just one week after receiving a pledge of $306 billion in support from US taxpayers, Citigroup announced the intended $10 billion acquisition of a debt-laden Spanish toll road group. Citi Infrastructure [...]

Link to article here. Read the damaging evidence TURF’s lawsuit to stop TxDOT’s illegal lobbying and ad campaign to promote toll roads and the Trans Texas Corridor uncovered here.
TxDOT spends $10.5 million to inform public
Key legislator takes issue with how agency’s money is spent
By PEGGY FIKAC
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
Nov. 30, 2008

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