Toll Road firm alarms Texans with purchases

South Bend Tribune ^ | January 31, 2007 | Jeff Parrott

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You're welcome. :-)

[o_zarkman44]

If you can't beat the opposition, buy them out!

This trans Texas corridor includes Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Stop the nonsense in Texas first, before this spreads like illegal immigrants running across the border.

[polymuser]

"For these people to suggest that it's going to happen tells me how naive they are about the newspaper business and how it works."

Naive, indeed. 'These people' know much more than he cares to understand. Real Americans are going to get mighty pissed off over these next couple of years.

[Calpernia]

And come by here to read up on Transit Villages. That is coming to Texas too with this Trans Corridor deal. I see there are projects slated in Texas so far for Dallas, Plano, Highland Village, Harris county, and God knows where else. Loft living for everyone :(

[Froufrou]

"groups in Texas are battling that state's Republican governor, Rick Perry, and his plan to convert existing freeways to toll roads and build a new toll road, the Trans-Texas Corridor, that would stretch from the Mexican border to Oklahoma."

I didn't know it was to be that big! Let's just give terrorists and illegals the key to the city, why not?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Well YOU voted for him, not me! ;-)

[Froufrou]

Don't remind me!!! I was going to vote for Strayhorn.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Don't remind me!!! I was going to vote for Strayhorn.

Gee that would have been even worse! I understand the nut case dims voting for Bell, and the head in the sand Republicans voting for Perry, and I joined the protest voters for Kinky, but why would anyone vote for "One Certified Crazy Grandma?."

[antiRepublicrat]

This would be its first foray into print journalism.

So it's just an interesting coincidence that their first buy is right there.

Still, Halbreich said Macquarie has enough media sense to appreciate the value of credibility. They know that if current ACM readers and advertisers think the papers have lost their objectivity, the product quickly will lose its value for shareholders, he said.

$80 million for some papers in order to get a multi-billion dollar contract can just be considered a cost of business. They can sell the papers at a discount after this is all over and still return higher value to the shareholders.

[Brucifer]

"Stop the nonsense in Texas first...."

We tried. Perry got reelected anyway.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

bump.

[wolfcreek]

"Loft living for everyone :("


They're doing something similar in Austin. Building massive residential and business sectors around the new commuter rail lines. CapMetro latest moneymaking venture.

[wolfcreek]

"why would anyone vote for "One Certified Crazy Grandma?."


Probably had something to do with her opposition to the TTC. Too much of a flip-flopper for me. Kinky '08 {:>(~

[wolfcreek]

"why would anyone vote for "One Certified Crazy Grandma?."


Probably had something to do with her opposition to the TTC. Too much of a flip-flopper for me. Kinky '06 {:>(~

[txhurl]

Can I get on your pinglist? (Austin)

[TXnMA]

"We cover both sides of the issue and that's not going to change," said Halbreich, former president and general manager of the Dallas Morning News. "For these people to suggest that it's going to happen tells me how naive they are about the newspaper business and how it works."

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Two words:

"Media Bias".

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We FReepers are not "naiive" on that issue...