Rick Perry And The Trans-Texas Corridor Equals Corruption
At our county convention yesterday, several of the resolutions we voted on were:
“Resolution Calling for a Federal Investigation Into the Trans-Texas Corridor”
“Resolution Calling for a Vote on the Trans-Texas Corridor”
“Resolution in Opposition to Toll Roads and Trans-Texas Corridor and in Support of Traditional Funding of Highways” “Resolution to Repeal Market-Based Tolling”
This list was adopted with overwhelming support. Linda Curtis, Founder of Independent Texans, wrote the resolution calling for a federal investigation.
Independent Texans have made the Trans Texas Corridor and the Impeachment of Rick Perry their major projects.
ImpeachPerry.com was born, like all good grassroots efforts, from an outcry of ordinary people. Texans of all persuasions have just had enough. Gov. Rick Perry — and his gang — though barely holding on to Texas, are still squeezing the life out of us. And Perry, along with House Speaker Tom Craddick and his autocratic ways, has pushed Texas politics to the brink of a constitutional crisis. Do these guys really have unchecked power over the people of Texas? Following his 2006 reelection with just 39% of the vote, Perry unabashedly stated that it didn’t matter, since he gets to govern 100% of the time. For now, he’s right about that — as long as we let him.
Just Ten Good Reasons To Impeach Mr. Veto
In fact, Perry Vetoed 49 bills passed in the 2007 legislative session, after the legislature went home, so he could not be overridden. Mr. Veto would probably argue that he restrained himself from the record he set in 2001, when he vetoed 82 bills, more than any governor in any single legislative session in Texas history since reconstruction. According to Paul Burka of the Texas Monthly, 17 of this year’s Perry vetoes were simply to get back at legislators who crossed him on his precious mega-special interest driven Trans-Texas Corridor and HPV vaccine mandate.
1.In 2003, Perry and Mike Krusee (R-Round Rock) snookered their legislative colleagues by pushing through legislation for the Trans-Texas Corridor and freeway-to-tollway conversions, that few understood. The Governor, Krusee, Texas Transportation Commissioner, Ric Williamson, and a few others continue to force what the public simply will not accept. And a revolving door in Austin goes round and round. Our favorite example is Dan Shelley, a high powered lobbyist for CINTRA (the Spanish toll road consortium), who wound up working in the Governor’s office writing transportation legislation.
All ten reasons 
Sign the Petition
Ms. Curtis will be holding a state wide conference call this evening open to the public.
7 pm Statewide Conference Call
Description: Send a note to ljcurtis@indytexans.org or call 512-535-0989 for conference call instructions. We will be discussing what happened at yesterday’s county conventions and make plans for the push for a Congressional investigation in to the Corridor and impeachment of Rick Perry.
These calls start and end ON TIME!
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Time:7:00pm-8:00pm
Duration: 60 minutes
Priority: Medium
Access: Public
Created by:Linda Curtis
Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:35pm
*******Send the letter from the web site to send to your Senator (or Congressman). Copy it, sign it and send it out!
Note: We do suggest that everyone contact Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, but that you only contact your own Congressman.
Also Note: Congressman Ron Paul has recently introduced a bill which would cut off funding for the TTC. We applaud the Congressman’s efforts, and we ask his assistance now in calling for federal hearings.
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March 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Isn’t this the Rick Perry on the “DL?” Too funny.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Yeah and it will be funnier when the feds arrest him.