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Katy Chamber, EDC Go On Record Opposing Trans-Texas Corridor

Toll road being considered (PPP in Miss.)

[Captain Kirk]

I thought this was a “crazy” Ron Paul myth.

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Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

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more stories like this Obama faces heat over aide's NAFTA remarks to Canadians Texas, Ohio could decide Dem nomination Canada says didn't misrepresent Obama over NAFTA McCain tags Dems on trade treaty NAFTA seen differently in Ohio, Texas

My bad (stupid sidebar).

[gondramB]

>>”This is a major conduit for getting cheap imported goods into the heartland,” insisted Hagan Parmley, a local property owner who is also part of Corridor Watch, an opposition group of residents who gathered in the Refugio community center late last month.<<

So they are arguing that only trucking costs from the border are the impediment for Walmart etc from getting cheap imported goods... and thus this highway must stopped. This is somebody either with a serious lacking understanding of economics or else he is simply being dishonest.

[Sarajevo]

Texas officials say the superhighway is necessary to relieve chronic road congestion.

Rising gas prices, the economy heading towards recession, the push for alternative modes of transportation, and the list goes on...yet TxDOT still believes this boondoggle is necessary?