Posted on 08/25/2007 4:51:06 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Texas Governor Rick Perry is being called to task by an author and investigative journalist for vetoing bills that would have blocked construction of the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor.
Dr. Jerome Corsi has been one of the leading voices warning the American public about the consequences of the Trans-Texas Corridor, which will be part of a superhighway -- purported to be four football fields wide -- that will allow Mexican trucks to enter the U.S. and traverse the core of the country all the way to Canada. The best-selling author asserts that Governor Perry cleared the way for construction to begin in his state when he vetoed several bills passed by the Legislature that would have stalled the project.
"Governor Perry has been 100 percent gung-ho in building this road," says Corsi. "The Legislature voted a two-year moratorium, it voted a redefinition of eminent domain -- [and] Governor Perry vetoed them. [On] at least one of those measures, he waited until the Texas Legislature was out of session so it couldn't even override his veto."
Corsi says it is unfortunate that there has been political pressure to get the project started. "The Federal Highway Administration's lawyer wrote letters threatening the Texas Legislature to cut off federal highway funds if they got in the way of this Trans-Texas Corridor," he says.
Corsi believes the same pressure will be applied on other states, like Oklahoma, to go along with the project. He suggests that would mean a loss of more American jobs and could pose a threat to U.S. sovereignty.
Well...the corporate greedholders gotta protect their own and their foreign interests....not America’s or Americans’.
Those PPP's would be just the ticket for certain road projects if it weren't for the g*d-damned non-compete clauses! How's this for a compromise: allow any competing road improvements and new highways, as long as they're also PPP's (competitive bidding, not guaranteed to the company doing the original PPP). Will ya friggin' bankers and retirement fund managers be content with that???
TANKS for the ping Nic,,,Spot On...
yw CM. Happy Sunday to you.
And a Happy Sunday to you too,,,just catchin’ up on my list...;0)
That’s good, because Sunday is now officially over here. Before you know it, you’ll be trying to catch up for Monday. : )
That’s good, because Sunday is now officially over here. Before you know it, you’ll be trying to catch up for Monday. : )
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Also “Bath Time For Harley.” tonite,,,(OUCH),,,;0/
Brush Harley,,,(OUCH)...:0/
Trim Nails,,,(OUCH)...Harley Won...;0)
“Not only that, but as we found out in Indiana, we can’t build any roads that would compete or harm the tollway’s business.”
As for the new toll roads here in the Austin area, the DOT has gone out of their way to make using the non-tolled a pain. You don’t use their precious TRs and you will sit in the kind of traffic you had before they were built... or worse.
aw....poor Harley.
: )
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