[groanup]

Sorry - it's called the Trans-Texas Corridor Plan. It's basically a bunch of toll roads that will be built across the state of Texas (4,000 miles total). The difference is that these roads will be built using private money (using the government power of eminent domain), but those investors will get special protections to make sure that the existing freeways can never compete against them. Then, they will be able to charge whatever they can get away with.

I have spent a lot of time in Texas. The roads, for the most part, are excellent. A lot of farm roads and county maintained roads. Why on earth does Texas need another 4,000 miles of new roads? This sounds like a sweetheart deal and I can't believe Texans would go for it. I have been just as disillusioned with Republicans in Georgia who were swept into power for the first time since WBTS reconstruction. They have taken it upon themselves to posit all sorts of mischief. One of their dumb ideas was to enact an emminent domain law that made it easier for private developers to steal land from private individuals. Neal Boortz got on that one and with the help of a lot of Freepers and others got it squashed.

Now, having said all of that, I can't think of anything libertarians have ever gotten that they wanted.

[BobL]

"Now, having said all of that, I can't think of anything libertarians have ever gotten that they wanted."

They have - at times, and usually via Republicans. In California, they managed to get toll lanes added to 10 miles of State Highway 91 (in addition to the existing freeways lanes). The lanes change their rates based on market conditions. They now charge 70 cents per mile at peak hours. It's insane, the more congestion that the "free" lanes have, the more money that these toll lanes will charge.

Any chance that you could have Neal Boortz come to Texas to straighten out this governor?