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Just when you think, you have heard it all something else pops up. I have stated my opinion on the state's effort to utilize tolls as the future funding for highways in Texas. Just in case you missed it, I oppose the idea of tolls being the primary source of funding for state highways. I need to clarify my opposition by stating I am not so much opposed to new toll roads, but rather the idea of tolling existing roads. A large portion of the price for a gallon of gas goes to the state and federal folks for highway...

The Blackland Coalition is the largest of the grassroots coalitions fighting against the Trans-Texas 35 & 69 Corridors. It has been our priviledge to become acquainted with the Blackland Coalition leaders and members in the TTC “trenches” that we share. Some of them and members of CorridorWatch. org & IndyTexans will be joining together with citizens of our counties in attending the schedule of TTC-69 DEIS Hearings which will likely be in February 2008. Word of the February timeframe comes to us from the TTC-69 office of Jack Heiss (Texas Turnpike Authority TTC-69). As soon as an official hearings schedule...

(January 26, 2007)--A legislator from San Antonio has filed a bill to kill GOP Gov. Rick Perry's Trans-Texas Corridor toll road proposal. Democratic Representative David Liebowitz says his measure would take away the Texas Department of Transportation's authority to buy land and do contracts for the project. Click Here For More Information Liebowitz told WOAI radio that the Trans-Texas Corridor would "destroy rural Texas as we know it." Perry's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Joe Krier with Texans for Safe Reliable Transportation believes the Liebowitz bill, which was filed Thursday, is a mistake. Krier says the...

ZABCIKVILLE - David and Linda Stall of corridorwatch.com aren’t sure that grassroots organizations opposed to the Trans Texas Corridor can stop the multi-billion dollar highway proposal in its tracks, but at a meeting of the Blackland Coalition on Friday night, they urged coalition members to stay involved in the process. “You are the only thing that can change this,” Linda Stall told more than 300 coalition members early in Friday’s two-hour meeting, which also featured an Austin attorney who outlined the eminent domain process. “You can move a gas station a couple of miles away, but you can’t take fertile...

SEATON, Texas - Gov. Rick Perry's challengers in the November election took turns Friday attacking his vision for the Trans Texas Corridor, a $184 billion plan to build megahighways around the state. Appealing to a crowd of mostly rural residents concerned about losing land to the project, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chris Bell was joined by independent candidates Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman as he asked the crowd to "fire Rick Perry." More than 700 residents attended the meeting in Seaton, a town just east of Temple where the first leg of the corridor will likely be built within a...

The Blackland Coalition Is Holding A Forum For The Candidates For Governor... ...and guess who hasn't responded?Gubernatorial Candidates: Bell, Friedman and Strayhorn confirmed to speak on TransTexas Corridor and Eminent Domain March 24, Seaton Star Hall (5 Mi. East of Temple on Hwy 53 - 10842 State Hwy 53, Temple, Texas 76501), 7:00-9:00 PM, the Blackland Coalition will hold a meeting open to the public and interested parties. All four candidates running for Governor of the State of Texas were invited to speak, only Rick Perry has not responded. Chris Bell (D), Kinky Friedman (I) and Carole Strayhorn (I),...

Monday, March 06, 2006 The Blackland Coalition Ads & Endorsements The Blackland Coalition put two ads out over the weekend. Here are the links to them: Texas Our Texas and Cornfield National Security. The first thing I noticed is there are no incumbents on the list. Excerpts from the Texas Our Texas ad are below. TEXAS TEXAS OUR OUR TEXAS TEXAS Preserving the heritage our forefathers fought for The BLACKLAND COALITION would like to say THANK YOU to these various entities for standing up and fighting WITH US against the catastrophic Trans-Texas Corridor 35 plan to grab TEXAS land....

CorridorWatch.org – IN THE NEWS (08.25.05) KCEN-TV CHANNEL 6 NBC AFFILIATE TO AIR TTC SPECIAL FRIDAY A locally produced special report, "The Road to Change," will air at 6:30pm Friday, August 26, 2005, immediately following the six o'clock news throughout Central Texas including Waco, Temple, and Killeen. The special will preempt the popular Wheel of Fortune and should attract a large Texas audience. CorridorWatch.org co-founder David Stall and TxDOT Turnpike Authority Director Phillip Russell will discuss the TTC with KCEN-TV anchorwoman Kelley Barr. Also appearing in a segment of the special is Blackland Coalition President Chris Hammel. KCEN-TV has a...

LOTS AND LOTS OF CORRIDOR ACTION TO REPORT > MEETING TONIGHT IN HEMPSTEAD – JOHNSON TO SPEAK > BREWSTER CO JOINS COUNTY OPPOSITION > TxDOT TTC ADVISORY BOARD - 1ST MTG YESTERDAY > HB2702 GOING TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE > GIANT RURAL REVOLT RALLY NEXT WEEK – JUNE 3RD > CORRIDORWATCH SIGNS IN SECOND PRINTING ===================================== MEETING TONIGHT IN HEMPSTEAD Transportation Commissioner Johnny Johnson is scheduled to speak to Waller County Republicans about the Trans-Texas Corridor tonight in Hempstead. Open to the public, the meeting will be held at the Waller County Courthouse starting at 7:30pm. Last year Commissioner Johnson told...