[kittymyrib]

Thank you, Texas farmers and ranchers, for defending property rights from this hugely expensive boondoggle that would have benefited the politically connected and the Spanish construction company.
The governor and the good ol’boys of the legislature couldn’t stand up to that great old challenge from Goliad’s patriots, “Come and Take It!”

[Night Hides Not]

Thank you, Texas farmers and ranchers, for defending property rights from this hugely expensive boondoggle that would have benefited the politically connected and the Spanish construction company.

Well said. It's my understanding that fuel taxes would be sufficient to fund infrastructure needs, but they have been diverted for other uses by politicians.

[crusty old prospector]

Sorry but the “Come and Take It” patriots were at Gonzales instead of Goliad on October 2, 1835. Some of them may have ended up at the Massacre at Goliad on March 27, 1836.