TAG & TOLL:
March & Rally
Friday, March 2nd
State Capitol
Farm and ranch organizations across rural Texas
are organizing to parade up Congress Avenue to
the Capitol Building at 1:30pm on Friday, March
2nd. These groups will be joined by other anti-TTC
and anti-animal tagging (NAIS) groups who will
arrive at the south Capitol steps by horse,
tractor, foot and bus at 2:30pm.
CorridorWatch.org supports this rally and
encourages our members to participate in the
march and attend the rally on the Capitol steps.
David and Linda Stall are among the speakers
invited to address the protesters.
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Blackland Coalition Meeting and Covered Dish
Supper
David and Linda Stall will join Hank Gilbert,
Linda Curtis and Mickey Burleson as guest speakers
at the Blackland Coalition Covered Dish Supper and
Meeting at 6pm on Saturday, February 24th, at Seton
Star Hall (five miles east of Temple on SH-53).
Come have dinner with us and learn about the
latest developments on the Trans Texas Corridor.
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Toll & Corridor Documentary
San Antonio film maker William Molina has
produced this excellent 99-minute documentary.
It reveals the extent to which the citizens are
being shut out of the decision making process in
Texas transportation.
CorridorWatch is not affiliated with Storm
Pictures and holds no financial interest in the
film whatsoever.
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Dear Member,
We are very pleased to
announce the launch of a new and
improved system of delivering our member
newsletters and bulletins.
We are excited
about increased e-mail
reliability, substantially improved
appearance, and the ability to provide
more valuable information in a new easy
to read format.
Plus we have added other
user friendly features such as Quick
Links and a "Forward email" option at
the bottom of each newsletter to make it
easy for you to send them on to friends
and family.
CorridorWatch.org
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Are Invited to Attend A Senate Committee
Hearing at the Capitol - 8:30am,
Thursday, March 1st
CorridorWatch.org calls on all
members to attend this public hearing.
It is extremely important that you
and everyone else who has a concern with
toll roads, public private partnerships, and
especially the Trans Texas Corridor attend
this public hearing and if possible offer
testimony to the Senate Committee.
This hearing represents the very first time
that our state government has asked for
meaningful public input on the Trans Texas
Corridor.
While you are invited to speak, it is not
required to send a message to the Senate.
Your presence with a CorridorWatch lapel
sticker (provided for you that morning) will
demonstrate our collective strength and
mutual concerns.
CorridorWatch leadership will arrive at the
auditorium by 8:00am. The Capitol Extension
Auditorium is located at the Capitol on
Level E.1.
To be most effective we need your
support.
It may be the single most important thing
that you can do this year.
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Are New Jersey Officials Smarter Than
Texas Officials? Maybe.
On January 31, 2007, Rutgers University
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning
and Public Policy presented a program
titled, "Turnpike for Sale?
Privatization and the Public Interest."
The featured speaker was Professor
Joesph Giglio of Northwestern
University. While Professor Giglio's
presentation was interesting, the real
surprise was hearing the panel speakers
that followed.
We were shocked to hear public officials
who are actually concerned about the
down-side of privatization and who are
not rushing headlong into signing a
deal. If only our officials were as
willing to openly discuss the issues! We
recommend that you watch the podcast
video of State Treasurer Brad Abelow and
Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri.
But if you only listen to one speaker,
make it Assemblyman John Wisniewski,
wow.
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Free No-TTC Sticker Offer
CorridorWatch.org wants you to have two FREE
Window Stickers for Your Car or Truck.
These
large 3-1/2 inch round
weatherprooof vinyl "No TTC" stickers
were designed for maximum visibility and
produced for use as a bumper or window
stickers to instantly show your
opposition to the TTC Plan. These
durable vinyl stickers can be placed on
any smooth surface.
How To Get Your
FREE Stickers
Mail a
self-address first-class stamped
envelope to:
CorridorWatch.org
Free Sticker Offer
Fayetteville, TX 78940-5468
Each envelope will
be filled with two stickers and
returned by U.S. Mail. If you would like
more stickers please send us more
stamped envelopes.
We will
mail as quickly as possible, but please
allow 2 weeks for delivery.
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