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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:19:25 -0800, "Toni Hawryluk" wrote:

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> sanrico AT highdesert.com<mailto:sanrico AT highdesert.com> > Nov 26 -- Ravali
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http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=15064&rf=e<http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=15064&rf=e>
     Sandy
> 
> Sandy, I don't know how I got to the link below from the above,
> but after reading yours it led me to this frightening project that
> is *already* building :
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041206-832224-2,00.html<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041206-832224-2,00.html>

And then, there's:

From:   "Liberty Matters" <Liberty_Matters AT mail.vresp.com> 
Reply-To:   "Liberty Matters"
<reply-971a775b23-sanrico=highdesert.com AT o.vresp.com>   
Date:   1 Dec 17:10 (PST) 
To:   sanrico AT highdesert.com 
Subject:   Trans Texas Corridor - Alert 
  

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 Texas Corridor
ALERT
Contact: David Stall, 979-378-4116     December 1, 2004 
Email: davidstall AT corridorwatch.org

For those of you in the state of Texas, beware.  There is a major push to
implement a very dangerous program that threatens the livelihoods and
property rights of thousands of landowners.  It’s called the TRANS TEXAS
CORRIDOR.  In the next few days, major agriculture organizations will be
having their annual meetings to discuss and decide whether to support or
oppose this massive program and your help is needed.

The TRANS TEXAS CORRIDOR (TTC) is an issue that all landowners need to
oppose.  It will gobble up 146 acres of private land for every mile it
takes and nearly 580,000 acres will be needed.  That’s over 908 square
miles.

Don’t let major agriculture organizations straddle the fence on this one. 
Stand up and be heard.  Do what is right for Texas and what is right for
individual landowners.
 
The following are a few, but very important reasons to oppose the Trans
Texas Corridor:

• The State will use eminent domain to take private land.
• Land will be bisected with as much as 1/2 mile wide path forcing
landowners to drive many miles to reach the other side as the highway will
have limited access.  
• Approximately 580,000 acres (908 square miles) of private land will be
taken by the State through eminent domain for superhighway, train and
rights-of-way.
• Property values will decline and taxable land will be removed from
county rolls 
• The state will have exclusive rights to all income generated from
concessions such as gas stations, garages, stores, hotels, restaurants and
other unrelated commercial or industrial purposes.  Only they will have
direct access and benefits.
• The state will have the right to drill, pump and transport groundwater
located on all rights-of-way depleting aquifers and competing with private
landowners under the rule of capture.  Some water may be exported out of
state or to Mexico.
• Large tracts of land will be taken only to wait decades for the corridor
to be built. 
• New authority granted to TxDOT allows the taking of city or county owned
real property, parkways, streets, highways, alleys, or reservations and
prohibits TxDOT from paying any compensation for that land. [HB-3588] 
• Small towns and rural areas will not benefit from TTC because there will
be no access to adjacent property nor will it have frontage roads.
• The state will own a monopoly of all businesses associated with TTC.
• All Texans will pay for TTC through tolls, fees, leases and taxes. 

If you belong to a farm organization, call them immediately and tell them
to oppose the TTC.  Call your state senator and representative to voice
your opposition.  Do it now to stop this from going any further.  TxDOT is
wanting to award a $24 Billion contract by December 16, 2004, to begin
building the first corridor between Oklahoma and Mexico.

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