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- Trans TX Corridor opposition grows
3/24/07 – World Net Daily
- Toll roads good for shareholders, bad for taxpayers
3/24/07 – Sen. Robert Nichols, Houston Chronicle
- China seeks to exploit trade routes like Trans TX Corridor
3/23/07 – Jerry Corsi, World Net Daily
- Perry slams toll opponents while in New Braunfels
3/23/07 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- TxDOT throws Congress into a tizzy
3/22/07 – Michelle Mittelstadt, Houston Chronicle
- Carona from Champ to Chump overnight
3/22/07 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- TX news El Dorado for Spanish companies?
3/22/07 – Manufacturing News
- Anti-tollers get two-thirds majority support on moratorium
3/20/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- West TX trade corridor sparks controversy
3/19/07 – Barbara Novovitch, New York Times
- TxDOT employees don’t pay tolls
3/19/07 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- March Madness over toll roads grips legislature
3/19/07 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- Ex-Transportation Commissioner takes on tolls: the good, the bad, and the ugly
3/15/07 – Sen. Robert Nichols, Star-Telegram
- Highway Hyenas
3/15/07 – Eileen Welsome, Texas Observer
- TxDOT sold 121 for pennies on the dollar
3/12/07 – Tony Hartzel, Dallas Morning News
- Presidential politics includes Trans Texas Corridor, Ron Paul to
3/12/07 – World Net Daily
- Texas toll road plan stirs grassroots protest
3/12/07 – Gary Hoitsma, Human Events Online
- North American Union: Fact or Fiction?
3/10/07 – Henry Lamb, World Net Daily
- Denver votes to make toll roads harder
3/08/07 – Associated Press
- Cintra: King of toll roads
3/11/07 – Tony Hartzel, Dallas Morning News
- CDA moratorium seeks to halt toll roads
3/07/07 – Terrence Stutz, Dallas Morning News
- Traffic jam of opposition is facing Trans Texas Corridor
3/07/07 – Peter Gorman, Ft. Worth Weekly
- Lawmakers introduce private toll moratorium
3/06/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express News
- Will Macquarie buy our next President?
3/05/07 – Dealbook.com
- Toll rates up to $1.60 a mile on HOT lanes in VA
3/03/07 – Washington Post
- Toll road/TTC protest at Capitol
3/02/07 – JoAnn Livingston, Waxahachie Daily Light
- Giuliani’s law firm advised Cintra on 121 deal in Dallas
3/01/07 – Bracewell & Giuliani press release
- Texas is full of “vast toll road riches up for grabs”
2/28/07 – JoAnn Livingston, Waxahachie Daily Light
- Trans Texas Corridor could cost taxpayers $18 billion
2/28/07 – Landline Magazine
- Toll rates to increase so high, state leaders can’t even say
2/27/07 – Houston Chronicle
- Author of former toll road bill desires to right “past sins”
2/27/07 – Austin American Statesman
- Private firm to operate 121 toll road for 50 years
2/27/07 – Star-Telegram and Houston Chronicle
- Macquarie salivates over $250 billion in U.S toll roads
2/27/07 – The Australian
- Kolkhorst bill would halt Trans Texas Corridor, block public money
2/24/07 – Huntsville Item
- TxDOT steals “free” lane despite promise
2/24/07 – Letter to Editor, Austin American Statesman
- Auditor slams agency for corridor
2/24/07 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- U.S. Government hypocrites refuse to pay tolls in London
2/23/07 – Alan Cowell, International Herald-Tribune
- Appearances matter: Perry’s lobbyist scandals & conflicts of interest
2/23/07 – Waco Herald-Tribune
- Senator: “We’ve created a monster in TxDOT”
2/22/07 – Mike Ward, Austin American Statesman
- Macquarie posts record 76% increase in profits due to U.S. toll roads
2/22/07 – Nick Lucchinelli, Herald-Sun
- TxDOT stoplight manipulation frustrates motorists
2/21/07 – Walker Robinson, WOAI
- Politicians jump ship for private sector to profit from toll roads
2/19/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Privatizing freeways comes under fire in Congress
2/15/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- PBS&J hid millions in overcharges
2/15/07 – Sal Costello, Texas Toll Party
- Williamson, Carona meet after clash at transportation meeting
2/14/07 – Paul Burka, Texas Monthly
- TxDOT seeks retribution over toll vote at San Antonio transportation board
2/14/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Toll moratorium proposed
2/14/07 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- Is Governor Perry auditioning for a new part? (VP aspirations)
2/14/07 – Dave McNeely, Ft. Worth Weekly
- Lou Dobbs calls freeway privatization “short-sighted,” “outrageous”
2/12/07 – Lou Dobbs, CNN
- Toll roads: Paying a lot to drive a little
2/12/07 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- Profits over motorists?
2/12/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Indiana Governor pushes privatization in other arenas like Perry
2/11/07 – Indianapolis Star
- National coalition forms to combat privatizing U.S. highways
2/09/07 – AAA, ATA, & others, National Press Club
- Perry’s ties to lobbyists cloud privatization push
2/09/07 – Lisa Sandberg and Gary Scharrer, Houston Chronicle
- US Dept. of Transportation aggressively pushes tolls/privatization
2/08/07 – Landline Magazine
- Governor Perry must be impeached
2/04/07 – Paul Perry, Waxahachie Daily Light
- Ontario Govt. sours on private toll roads as Cintra hikes tolls
2/02/07 – Peter Kenter, Daily Commercial News
- Watchdog worried about North American Union (NAFTA Highways)
2/02/07 – Nathan Burchfiel, CNS News
- Macquarie, one of world’s largest toll operators,to buy TX newspapers; squelch opposition
1/29/07 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
- Lone Star Report interview with Senator John Carona: Toll roads as proposed, Trans TX Corridor a mistake
1/29/07 – William Lutz, Lone Star Report
- Austin Senator wants to start again with clean slate
1/29/07 – Senator Kirk Watson, Austin American Statesman
- Senator, Transportation Dept. set to clash this session
1/29/07 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- Congressmen re-introduce bill to KILL NAFTA superhighways
1/26/07 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
- Leibowitz bill would kill Trans Texas Corridor
1/25/07 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- Leibowitz bill would KILL Trans TX Corridor
1/25/07 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- Texans deserve fair analysis of options
1/13/07 – Editorial Board, San Antonio Express-News
- Some lawmakers want to rein in TxDOT toll roads
1/13/07 – Pat Driscoll, San Antonio Express-News
- Only thing bigger than TTC is rebellion against it
1/10/07 – Peter Gorman, Ft. Worth Weekly
- State’s game? Highway extortion
1/06/07 – State Senator Jon Lindsay, Houston Chronicle
- Arizona State University teaching U.S., Canada, Mexico need to be integrated
1/05/07 – Bob Unruh, World Net Daily
- Key senator introduces bill to stop non-compete agreements in toll contracts
1/04/07 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Larson, business community team-up to stop toll roads in Bexar County
1/04/07 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- No toll too small, video tolling has problems
1/04/07 – Ben Wear, Austin-American Statesman
- Trans Texas Corridor deemed security threat by DEA
12/27/06 – Sara Carter, Daily Bulletin.com
- In Texas, losing highway bidders get paid, too
12/15/06 – Eileen Welsome, Texas Observer
- Toll road argument thrown into doubt
12/09/06 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Chinese have ownership in cargo tracking for Trans Texas Corridor
12/07/06 – Jerry Corsi, World Net Daily
- Perry: His way or the highway
12/06 issue – Paul Burka, Texas Monthly
- Toll Party Guest Column: Perry’s toll roads special interest money grab
12/03/06 – Terri Hall, Express-News
- Loss of American jobs and free trade major reason GOP lost Congress
11/30/06 – Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
- Toll road rejection may spark big gas tax jump
11/29/06 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- A&M expert: Don’t need to raise gas tax and no tolls needed
11/28/06 – David Ellis, Texas Transportation Institute at A&M, testimony before House Transportation Committee
- North American Union, it’s the eleventh hour; get busy
11/20/06 – Devvy Kidd, News With Views.com
- Tancredo: President believes America should be merely an “idea” without borders
11/19/06 – Joe Kovacs, World Net Daily
- Editorial: Toll roads the right move
11/18/06 – Editorial Board, Express-News
- Infrastructure deals have ties to Mid East
11/16/06 – Karen Lane, Wall Street Journal
- Corridor would destroy one of Texas’ oldest homes
11/14/06 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI Radio
- Truckers call for boycott of foreign-owned road
Union opposes tollway, Trans-Texas Corridor, Mexican drivers
11/10/06 – Jerry Corsi, World Net Daily
- Republican lack of fiscal discipline (like highway bill) led to loss of Congress
11/09/06 – Dick Armey, Opinion Journal
- Republicans lose Indiana House over Toll Road Sale to Cintra-Macquarie
11/09/06 – Mary Beth Schneider, Indianapolis Star
- Rise of Economic Nationalism?
11/08/06 – Pat Buchanan, Real Clear Politics
- Perry wins re-election in a negative landslide
11/08/06 – Rick Casey, Houston Chronicle
- Perry does Texas two-step around NAFTA Superhighways, known as Trans Texas Corridor in TX
11/06/06 – Jerome Corsi, Human Events Online
- Mexican Ambassador: Need North American Union in 8 years
11/05/06 – World Net Daily
- For Corridor Foes, it’s city vs. farm
11/05/06 – Roy Bragg, Express-News
- NAFTA Superhighway inflames Texas Governor’s Race
11/03/06 – Jerome Corsi, Human Events
- Congressman Paul says superhighway about North American Union with goal of common currency, borderless travel, bigger bureaucracy
10/30/06 – World Net Daily
- Building a coalition to stop NAFTA highways
10/25/06 – World Net Daily
- Houston Chronicle endorses Strayhorn
10/19/06 – Editorial Board, Houston Chronicle
- Governor’s race referendum on Trans Texas Corridor
10/17/06 – By Brad Watson, WFAA-TV
- Express-News feels heat for lack of coverage
10/07/06 – By Bob Richter, Express-News
- “Truth Be Tolled” filmmaker captures toll road opposition
10/06/06 – By Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- State highway fund looted
10/03/06 – By Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- Port security bill falls short, invites security risks to Port of San Antonio
10/02/06 – By John Fund, Wall Street Journal
- Ron Paul sponsors bill to stop NAFTA superhighways
10/01/06 – By World Net Daily
- TxDOT releases secret contract 40 days from election
09/28/06 – By Kelly Shannon, Associated Press
- Macquarie-owned toll road in VA set to DOUBLE tolls, citizens revolt
09/24/06 – By Lauren Hough, The Journal
- Colorado developer wants toll road eerily similar to TTC, calls in Halliburton to intimidate landowners
09/22/06 – By Martin Fortenzer, New York Times
- National panel on transportation hears Texas ideas
09/21/06 – By Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Strayhorn on roads: Trans Texas Corridor to benefit special interests not Texans
09/21/06 – By Carole Strayhorn, Austin-American Statesman
- Cintra-Macquarie toll road contract has “absolution†clause…means taxpayers to bail out foreign companies!
09/20/06 – By James Wensits, South Bend Tribune
- New Transportation Secretary embroiled in scandal
09/16/06 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
- Too many toll roads bad for the economy
09/13/06 – NBC News, Dallas/Ft. Worth
- Polls find Perry loss not out of the question
09/12/06 – R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle
- Reporter admits TxDOT tolling existing roads
09/11/06 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- I-69: Yet another NAFTA Superhighway
09/12/06 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
- Bush taps pro-toller as new Transportation Secretary
09/05/06 – Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times
- One billion in gas taxes diverted for things like employee benefits for Attorney General’s office
09/04/06 – Christine DeLoma, Lone Star Report
- North America Supercorridor Coalition (NASCO) successfully lobbies to get Highway Trust Fund “off-budget”
09/01/06 – Joseph Farah, World Net Daily
- Average daily commute is getting shorter
08/30/06 – Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press
- Denver Post/RMN series on failed toll roads & private companies exploiting the public trough
08/29/06 – Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News
- Tolling Authority Chair gets re-appointed; refuses to consider non-toll alternatives
08/29/06 – Keli Dailey, San Antonio Current
- Amercia’s infrastructure for sale
08/26/06 – Henry Lamb, World Net Daily
- China’s ties to Chavez considered security risk, yet NAFTA corridor in U.S. to benefit China plows ahead
08/25/06 – Bill Gertz, Washington Times
- Fire Chiefs: Road barriers installed by foreign companies make Indiana Toll Road less safe
08/25/06 – South Bend Tribune
- NPR audio of story on national toll road privatization canker
08/23/06 – National Public Radio
- Perry’s vision for rural highway could become a political pothole
08/23/06 – R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle
- Alternatives to Trans Texas Corridor proposed
08/21/06 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Globalism’s toll mounting for U.S. citizens: ports and highways slipping into foreign hands
08/21/06 – Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
- $491 million NAFTA rail deal: Whistleblower says it’s about carrying cheap China goods
08/21/06 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
- Jaime Castillo: Trans-Texas Corridor has no hope as long as secrecy reigns
08/20/06 – Jaime Castillo, Express-News
- Perry’s road revolution could take electoral toll
08/20/06 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- Ex-Perry aide goes to work for Cintra after securing a secret contract
08/18/06 – Associated Press
- Toll road is Indiana’s deadliest highway
08/15/06 – Frank Polich, Bloomberg News (Associated Press)
- Bush delays foreign ownership of U.S. airlines
08/15/06 – Leslie Miller, Associated Press
- Perry REJECTS corridor opposition despite thousands who turned out to hearings
08/15/06 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI.com
- Chinese set their sights on Kelly AFB
08/14/06 – American Free Press
- Bulverde shunned for rejecting proposed expansion of Hwy 46
08/14/06 – Roger Croteau, Express-News
- Richardson mayor resigns from mobility panel due to conflicts of interest
08/14/06 – Wendy Hundley, Dallas Morning News
- Editorial: Congestion tolling
08/12/06 – Dr. John Merrifield, Express-News
- Corridor draws fire in San Antonio
08/10/06 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Oil, Gas Prices Jump as Pipeline Shut Down
08/07/06 – Mary Pemberton, Associated Press
- Trans Texas Corridor hearings give Perry foes a forum
08/07/06 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- Corridor security threat: Foreign goods traverse all the way to San Antonio or Kansas City before inspection
08/07/06 – Phyllis Schlafly, Human Events
- Opponents Unite To Battle Bandera Road Elevated Tollway Option
08/04/06 – KSAT News, Channel 12 – San Antonio
- Supercorridor to Oblivion
07/29/06 – Henry Lamb, World Net Daily
- Gas prices having negative effect on economy, inflation
07/29/06 – Patrice Hill, Washington Times
- Leon Valley residents adamantly OPPOSE tolls along Bandera Road
07/29/06 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- El Paso MPO RESCINDS their vote in support of toll roads!
07/28/06 – Gustavo Reveles-Acosta, El Paso Times
- TxDOT’s power grab in El Paso pits City Council against County and MPO
07/27/06 – Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso Times
- Calls for drilling off Florida in effort to reduce soaring fuel costs
07/26/06 – Patrice Hill, Washington Times
- City of Bulverde opposes TxDOT’s overkill expansion plans for Hwy 46
07/26/06 – Jessica Sanders, Herald-Zeitung
- Toll hogs: World’s largest toll operators hungry for U.S. market
July issue – David Tanner, Landline Magazine, for Independent Truckers
- Texans who oppose corridor may spell trouble for Governor
07/23/06 – Associated Press, New York Times
- Bexar politicians say toll roads shouldn’t be only option
07/21/06 – Jaime Castillo, Express-News
- Perry in free fall, approval rating in Houston dropped 20 points in ONE MONTH!
07/21/06 – R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle
- Bosque County says “No!” to Corridor
07/21/06 – David Anderson, Clifton Record
- San Antonio Port Authority actively working with Communist China
07/18/06 – Jerome Corsi, Human Events
- NAFTA corridor has given way to Chinese goods corridor
07/18/06 – David Anderson, American Economic Alert
- Foreign Ownership of U.S. Airlines? Bush set to defy Congress
07/18/06 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily
- McCombs’ pro-toll group comes under fire for lack of transparency
07/16/06 – Jaime Castillo, Express-News
- Household debt soaring; families struggle to make ends meet due to high gas prices
07/16/06 – Tom Ramstack, Washington Times
- Foreign Companies Buy U.S. Roads, Bridges
07/15/06 – Leslie Miller, Associated Press Writer
- One more big event and we could see $100 oil
07/14/06 – Steve Hargreaves, CNN.com
- Failed toll road in Laredo results in emergence of non-compete agreements
07/09/06 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Gas prices push motorists to rail
07/08/06 – Christine Simmons, Washington Times
- TxDOT gives itself financial incentive to make toll roads less safe
07/06/06 – Peter Samuel, Toll Road News
- Series on the NAFTA supercorridor & the agreement Bush signed to merge Canada & Mexico with the U.S.
07/06/06 – Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily & Human Events
- Politicians, TxDOT, tolling authority boards don’t pay to drive on toll roads
07/02/06 – Tony Hartzell, Dallas Morning News
- States embrace THE most expensive option: privately financed toll roads
06/07/06 – Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
- Cintra-Zachry negotiate takeover of Hwy 130 in SECRET toll deal
06/28/06 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- RMA polls drivers on plans to toll Wurzbach
06/23/06 – Tamaraind Phinisee, San Antonio Business Journal
- Strapped States Try New Route, Lease Toll Roads to Foreign Firms
06/14/06 – Amy Goldstein, Washington Post
- Bush quietly orchestrates NAFTA superhighway through TX up to Canada
06/12/06 – Jerome Corsi, Human Events
- Greenspan warns of energy crisis; says develop alt fuels ASAP!
06/08/06 – Kevin Hall, Monterey Herald
- Host of ways to relieve traffic congestion WITHOUT tolls
published 11/26/2004 – BBC News, Toll Party blog entry 06/05/06
- Series on toll road privatization in Denver Post revealing false projections, eminent domain abuse, corruption
05/28-30/2006 – Chuck Plunkett, Denver Post
- Real cost of toll roads could be American lives
05/25/2006 – Jim Hall, USA Today
- Leon Valley next to battle tolls
05/22/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- ‘Taxpayers lose’ in sweetheart toll deal
05/19/2006 – Rick Wallace and Imre Salusinszky, The Australian
- Bush Administration officially endorses privatizing, tolling existing “busy” roads
05/16/2006 – Leslie Miller, Associated Press
- Foreigners anteing up big bucks for U.S. toll roads
05/08/2006 – Andrew Bary, Barron’s Magazine
- Australians sour on private toll road contracts; they’re losing money and RISKY!
05/01/2006 – Kenneth Davidson, The Age (Australia)
- Glut of road projects delays airport work
05/01/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- County, TxDOT vow not to toll Hwy 46, but studied it for tolling
04/27/2006 – David Rupkalvis, Herald-Zeitung
- Leon Valley residents don’t want elevated toll lanes through their neighborhood
04/26/2006 – Lety Laurel, Express-News
- Dealing with gas prices and how it relates to toll roads
04/25/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Drivers switch to public transit
04/25/2006 – Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA Today
- Carlos Guerra: Politics of privilege alive and well in the latest Austin session
04/25/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Fuel prices, storm blamed for toll revenue dip
04/23/2006 – Larry Jiggs, Asbury Park Press
- N.C. Newspaper: Tolls are the Wrong Road!
04/23/2006 – Editorial Board, Winston-Salem Journal
- Property taxes fair game to fund toll roads
04/2o/2006 – Liz McGathey, Courier-Gazette
- Toll roads more dangerous than FREEways
04/18/2006 – Leslie Miller, Associated Press
- Homeland Security dumps British-owned security firm
04/16/2006 – Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Fox News
- $4 million in YOUR gas taxes earmarked for courthouse restoration!
04/14/2006 – Roger Croteau and Zeke MacCormack, Express-News
- Perry angling for VP in ‘08?
04/13/2006 – Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News
- Gas expected to hit $3 by summer; toll roads not viable at $3 a gallon so why is TxDOT building them?
04/14/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News blog
- Trans Texas Corridor route released: 521 miles of toll road takes private Texans’ land & gives to Cintra-Zachry for a 50 year monopoly
04/04/2006 – Gordon Dickson, Star-Telegram
- Pump prices hit heights not seen since October
04/03/2006 – Houston Chronicle
- Most at 281 meetings down on toll roads
04/01/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- TTC rail to get Prop 1 rail funds
03/31/2006 – Robin Brundell, Business Americas
- South Chamber debate
03/30/2006 – Amy Dorsett, Express-News
- The foolish plan to sell American toll roads to foreign companies
03/29/2006 – Daniel Gross, Slate.com
- Road builders operating on different planet than taxpayers who pay for them
03/28/2006 – Editorial Board, Arizona Daily Star
- Where the Trans Texas Corridor will go, nobody knows
03/27/2006 – Anton Caputo and Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- TxDOT pulls Zachry contract for 281 toll road
03/25/2006 – Express-News
- Trans Texas Corridor is all about the money for Cintra
03/23/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Wurzbach Parkway span may be toll road
03/22/2006 – Nicole Lessin, Express-News
- U.S. Eyes Privatizing Cargo Security Work
03/21/2006 – Audrey Hudson, Washington Times
- More private companies to jump on infrastructure bandwagon
03/20/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Officials not linking Dubai deal with privatizing public freeways…BUT WE ARE!
03/19/2006 – Mike Anderson, Waco Tribune
- Officials eye 1604 toll concept
03/15/2006 – Lety Laurel, Express-News
- Indiana Toll Road deal clears the way for Cintra-Macquarie (same companies vying to build SA toll system) to privatize and take over public toll road
03/15/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Carlos Guerra: Gas tax is penny per mile, every penny in tolls doubles the tax for that road
03/14/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Carlos Guerra: Toll road debate follows the special interests in big-bucks lane
03/12/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- The logical route: As traffic clogs Bexar County, one option stands out
03/12/2006 – Rebecca Chapa, Express-News
- Editorial: Toll plans warrant sober consideration
03/12/2006 – Express-News
- Car renters to get E-pay option for tolls (Texas to have most miles of tolls added in 2006)
03/12/2006 – Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
- Continental Airlines thinks foreign management of airlines illegal
03/07/2006 – BBC News
- Only 30% of Indianans think lease of toll road to foreign company a good idea
03/05/2006 – Mary Beth Schneider and Theodore Kim, Indianapolis Star
- Indianans suspicious of foreign management of toll road by Cintra-Macquarie
02/26/2006 – Theodore Kim, USA Today
- SA Toll Party goes before Governor’s Transportation Commission
02/24/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- NYT notes loophole in the Texas eminent domain law just for toll roads & Trans Texas Corridor
02/21/2006 – John Broder, New York Times
- I-35: The road to trouble/Williamson responsible for diverting gas taxes
02/19/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Toll roads create second class citizens
02/17/2006 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI.com
- Lawmakers question foreign management of U.S. ports
02/16/2006 – Susan Jones, CNS News
- Larson to Perry: Your tolls are a DOUBLE TAX, UNFAIR, and UN-TEXAN
02/16/2006 – KSAT 12 News
- Secret toll agreements under fire: Collin County officials call for restraint of TxDOT
02/16/2006 – Krystal De Los Santos, Courier-Gazette
- Letters to Editor in response to Krier Op/Ed, Feb. 9
02/15/2006 – Express-News
- Carlos Guerra: Trans Texas Corridor toll road network hides details from public
02/14/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Carlos Guerra: Are toll roads really about traffic, or perhaps about big contracts?
02/12/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Senators Wentworth, Madla make waves asking for non-toll alternatives on FREEway we’ve already paid for!
02/11/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Signal timing story on 281
02/10/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Joe Krier pushes tolls, AGAIN!
02/09/2006 – Joe Krier, Express-News
- Strayhorn takes on Perry’s mischaracterization of state’s coffers
02/09/2006 – Gary Scharrer, Express-News
- Head of TxDOT takes swipe at fine citizen with more drivel than facts
02/05/2006 – Michael Behrens, Express-News
- Adkisson-Larson insist on alternative to tolling US 281
02/01/2006 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI
- Guerra readers aren’t fans of toll roads
1/31/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Toll roads are shady deals in Texas!
1/30/2006 – Ben Wear, Austin-American Statesman
- Need to consider alternatives to toll projects
1/29/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Lobbyists corrupt our political system
1/29/2006 – Lisa Sandberg, Express-News
- Toll roads are a slippery slope
National Motorists Association
- Toll Road Foes Crank Up Intensity in SA!
1/27/2006 – John Gonzalez, Houston Chronicle
- Battle over Dallas tollway 121 project: State will push prices higher than if stays local
1/25/2006 – Bill Lodge, Dallas Morning News
- Calling all private companies: Wanna Buy a Toll Road?
1/23/2006 – Ben Wear, Austin American Statesman
- Plenty of private toll roads deals go bad!
1/23/2006 – Gordon Dickson, Star-Telegram
- Cintra-Macquarie ink massive deal for toll roads in Indiana
1/23/2006 – Toll Road News
- Williamson says he wants “no scandals” to inhibit the highway lobby from drinking freely from the public trough
1/23/2006 – Gordon Dickson, Star-Telegram
- Strayhorn, Bell draw crowd for toll issue
1/22/2006 – Amanda Reimherr, Express-News
- Commentary on TxDOT’s “Tolls are the only solution” mantra from SA Toll Party Supporter in Express-News
1/22/2006 – Bob McKechnie, Express-News
- Sewage leak saga continues…
1/22/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Toll project scrapped in Dallas (Note that over 1,000 from private companies heard TxDOT’s workshop on CDAs & how non-toll projects are being turned into toll projects all over the state)
1/18/2006 – Gordon Dickson, Star-Telegram
- Utah wants to fund transportation, doesn’t want to create a new bureacracy to do it
1/14/2006 – Nicole Warburton, Deseret Morning News
- Zachry’s sewage leak still not fixed; ran over sign warning of sewer main
1/15/2006 – Carlos Guerra, Express-News
- Perry denies he gave our supporters the “finger”
1/14/2006 – Jaime Castillo, Express-News
- Toll lanes on I-10, interstates up for grabs, too!
1/14/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Toll Party & AGUA Delay US 281 Toll Road
1/13/2006 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Average savings hits all-time low…high gas prices have eaten up discretionary income; it’s not the time for tolls!
1/08/2006 – Tom Abate, SF Chronicle
- Toll Road Battle in SA Current
1/04/2006 – Lisa Sorg, SA Current
- Open Records to be made easier (except at TxDOT?)
12/28/2005 – Ron Wilson, Express-News
Family tending to child dying of cancer charged over $43,000 in toll fines and had the refinance on their home blocked!
12/23/2005 – TheNewspaper.com
- Former City Planner blasts TxDOT and City’s poor transportation planning
12/21/2005 – Dave Pasley, Express-News
- Governments salivate at cash pay-outs in return for private control of public highways
12/15/2005 – Dennis Cauchon, USA Today
- Great Letter to Editor from Bandera resident!
12/12/2005 – Dan Zavorka, Bandera Bulletin
- U.S. Addiction to Foreign Money
12/1o/2005 – Ellen Simon, Associated Press
- Toll Roads limit improvements to free roadways
12/04/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- In-depth look at gas tax shortfall claims by TxDOT:
12/04/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- AGUA LAWSUIT FILED DEC. 2:
12/03/2005 – Anton Caputo, Express-News
- Here we find out they’ve changed it to 16 lanes on 281, they’re using $77 million in gas tax money to build it (and yet they plan to toll you, too)
12/01/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- The more you drive the more you pay? Article proves alt fuels will be taxed as fuel efficiency increases
11/26/2005 – Jim Abrams, Associated Press
- Macquarie aiding in putting the nail in the coffin for PPP’s: Tunnel path altered ‘without approval’
11/08/2005 – Ean Higgins, The Weekend Australian
- Some in GOP regretting pork-laden highway bill
11/05/2005 – Shailagh Murray, Washington Post
- LULAC Joins the Team:
11/03/2005 – San Antonio Express-News
- Australian-based Macquarie bids on San Antonio toll starter system
11/01/2005 – Pat Driscoll, Express-News
- Macquarie aiding in putting the nail in the coffin for PPP’s: Open secrets
10/31/2005 – Matthew Moore, Fairfax Digital
- Governor’s Transportation Commission Chair says toll money can pay off rail bonds!
10/31/2005 – Gordon Dikson, Star-Telegram
- RMA to get $7.5 million in gas taxes to build toll roads!
10/28/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- EZPass threatens to revoke vehicle registration over $7 already paid:
10/27/2005 – theNewspaper.com
- Union Pacific profits grew 83% so why should WE pay to move their rail lines?
10/27/2005 – Reuters
- Letter to Editor – RMA conducts illegal poll
10/23/2005 – San Antonio Express-News
- Delaware I-95 toll privatization scheme:
10/23/2005 – J.L. MILLER and PATRICK JACKSON, The News Journal
- Joe Krier predictably pushes tolls
10/22/2005 – Joseph R. Krier, Letter to the Editor
- Railroads are in high growth period for 1st time in 65 years, yet Perry wants taxpayer funded relocation costs:
10/20/2005 – Don Phillips, The International Herald Tribune
- Development run amock: City getting tougher, but a new vested rights fight looms
10/19/2005 – John Tedesco,
Express-News
- Development run amock: Developers pulling strings at the Capitol and City Hall
10/18/2005 – John Tedesco,
Express-News
- Indiana Toll Road privatization: State hires firm to work with Toll Road suitors
10/16/2005 – Theodore Kim, The Indianapolis Star
- Development run amock: Law lets developers ignore growth controls
10/16/2005 – John Tedesco,
Express-News
- AP Story of Perry Lawsuit
10/06/2005 – Denton Record-Chronicle
- Toll Party member calls the city on their illegal loan to RMA
10/06/2005 – Michael Cary, San Antonio Current
- E-N Flier Blitz (front page)
10/01/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Flier blitz/Toll survey
09/28/2005 – KSAT.com
- Letter to Editor – Focus: Toll roads
09/18/2005 – Express-News
- TxDOT’s surveys of toll tolerance
09/17/2005 – Patrick Driscoll’s Blog, Express-News
- RMA changes meaning of conversion
09/15/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- NEPA UNDER ATTACK
09/13/2005 – Joyce Howard Price, Washington Times
- Local Control granted?
09/13/2005 – Express-News
- Growth A Case for Toll Roads?
09/10/2005 – David Hendricks, Express-News
- TxDOT Public Hearing for 281 Evans to Borgfeld
09/09/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Transportation Forum Rally
09/08/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Review voted down
09/01/2005 – Ron Wilson, Express-News
- Commissioners want to ensure TxDOT isn’t converting existing road
08/31/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Letter to Editor:Toll plan a big scheme
08/29/2005 – Express-News
- TxDOT’s Toll Scheme – Letter to Editor from a Member
08/29/2005 – Express-News
- Vote for Review Is Official
08/27/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Perry running for cover, saying no existing
06/14/2005 – Office of the Governor
- EDITORIAL: TXDOT’s arrogance
08/23/2005 – Express-News
- Commissioners discuss pulling RMA funding
08/17/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Larson tries to dissolve RMA!
08/16/2005 – Elizabeth Allen, Express-News
- Tolls to be First and Only Choice
Tolls: The “cutting edge” funding of choice without a vote of the people! (what’s so cutting edge about raising taxes?)
08/14/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Big Daddy Government triumphs through tolls
08/12/2005 – Gene J. Koprowski, Washington Times
- Lawmakers gripe at TxDOT for snubbing summit
08/12/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Roddy Stinson: Why is U.S. Government paying for a parking garage for a private S.A. university?
08/11/2005 – Roddy Stinson, Express-News
- TxDOT snubs transportation summit
08/11/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Editorial; Bush should veto federal highway bill, makes tolls easier
08/08/2005 – Express-News
- San Antonio Biz Journal plays to big business, doesn’t take on the truth
08/05/2005 – San Antonio Business Journal
- Toolin’ Down the SA Toll Roads
08/2005 – Luke Fisher, San Antonio Lightning
- Back-Up the Big Bulldozers
08/2005 – Terri Hall, San Antonio Lightning
- SA Current’s version of MPO Mtg on July 25
08/04/2005 – Michael Cary, San Antonio Current
- Lyle Larson says TxDOT not being honest about toll projects
08/03/2005 – Mandi Bishop, WOAI.com
- Federal dollars expand toll system – 1
Dallas Morning News
- Federal dollars expand toll system – 2
07/30/2005 – Bob Campbell, Midland Reporter-Telegram
- S.A.’s First Toll Road Was Supposed to Be Free
07/29/2005 – Jeff Coyle, WOAI.com
- Federal dollars expand toll system – 3
07/29/2005 – San Antonio Business Journal
- Toll Foes Want a Review of Plans
07/26/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Letter to the Editor: Tolls a license to extort
07/24/2005 – Express-News
- Letter to the Editor: Toll roads aren’t worth rising costs
07/20/2005 – Express-News
- Toll Road Proposal Shouted Down
07/26/2005 – Jim Forsyth, WOAI.com
- The truth about non-compete agreements that Trey & Ricci Ware found insidious in their fury against SA toll plans
07/20/2005 – Unbossed.com
- Toll road privatization fraught with problems…none of them good for taxpayers
07/19/2005 – Unbossed.com
- Local panel works to redefine toll role
Companies would seek higher toll rates and collect the fees for up to 50 years
07/15/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Toll panel chooses to keep finger in the pie
07/14/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Council on Foreign Relations plan to integrate North America, including free flow of goods & people
07/13/05 – Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
- S.A. left out of toll road decision
07/11/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Toll road issue heats up in town hall meeting
07/08/2005 – Leigh Jones, The Herald-Zeitung
- Toll exec says let’s give wheel to state
07/08/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- S.A. left out of toll road decision
07/01/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Planning board hears toll foes
06/29/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Cintra sues to hide corridor plans
06/27/2005 – Rad Sallee, Houston Chronicle
- Toll road project can’t be a secret
06/05/2005 – Rad Sallee, Houston Chronicle
- Toll critics call in an out-of-town ally
06/24/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Are You Ready for the Congestion Tax?
06/14/2005 – John Christian Ryter, Free Republic
- Some on council wary about toll road secrecy
06/10/2005 – Patrick Driscoll, Express-News
- Internationalizing U.S. Roads
06/10/2005 – Phyllis Spivey, NewsWithViews.com
- Satellite Toll Plan To Make Drivers Pay By The Mile
06/04/2005 – Francis Elliott, Independent
- Pork barrel highway bill benefits Alaskans at 6 times greater than their tax bill: Alaska thanks you
05/17/2005 – Nick Jans, Editorial, USA Today
- Steep Increases Set for Toll Roads
04/12/2005 – Daniel Machalaba, Wall Street Journal
- Chris Bell on Tolls: Rick Perry’s Toll Road Boondoggle
03/25/2005 – Chris Bell, Democrat Candidate for Governor
- Cintra most expensive toll road operator in the world!
1/03/2005 – David Stall, CorridorWatch.org
- Toll roads shift burden to local govt
05/12/2004 – DSL Reports Online Forum
- Flawed projections on toll roads in FL leave taxpayers with a costly tab
7/16/2000 – Craig Pittman, St. Petersburg Times
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