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Friday, January 20, 2006
NO to Slick Rick's Tolling Plans
Government by self-service, secrecy, and cronyism was not what the American Revolutionaries of 1776 had in mind when they proclaimed government by the consent of the governed. Nor was it what the fathers and mothers of Texas had in mind when they declared their independence from despotism in 1835.
The toll road plans foisted by Slick Rick Perry and his political puppets and corporate cronies are nothing but an insider self-dealing hustle. The Attorney General of Texas has the Constitutional duty to investigate these corporate toll-road plans, but current attorney general Greg Abbott is another Rick Perry crony and is not about to stick up for the people.
Unlike Abbot, I believe in government that serves the people, and I will fulfill the Attorney General's Constitutional duty to safeguard the people from self-serving toll roads that rip off the many while enriching the pockets of the few. It's high time for the people of Texas to restore Constitutional self-government to themselves across the board by a peaceful revolution through the political and legal processes.
NO to using public authority for private gain! NO to government by cronyism! NO to corruption! NO to double taxation without representation! NO to the Trans Texas Corridor! NO to tolling Austin! NO to tolling 281!
*Constitutional Note
Article 4, Section 22 of the Texas Constitution states that the Attorney General "shall... take such action as may be proper and necessary to prevent any private corporation from... demanding or collecting any species of taxes, tolls, freight or wharfage not authorized by law."
How can the Attorney General fulfill his Constitutional duty if he doesn't investigate the planned system for a private corporation to collect tolls on the as-planned biggest toll road in the history of Texas?
posted by snarko! at 4:55 PM
 
2 Comments:
Adrienne Hughes said...
You are right, David; we must eradicate the extremist-bourgeoisie with whom we co-exist. And as for the "naysayers" who say you cannot win, this is one area in which we can no longer be pessimistic. It is time to fight and rebuild the Democratic Party!!
Adrienne Hughes
Executive Board: Texas Democratic Women (South Plains Chapter)
8:31 PM
Adrienne Hughes said...
You are right, David; we must eradicate the extremist-bourgeoisie with whom we co-exist. And as for the "naysayers" who say you cannot win, this is one area in which we can no longer be pessimistic. It is time to fight and rebuild the Democratic Party!!
Adrienne Hughes
Executive Board: Texas Democratic Women (South Plains Chapter)
8:48 PM
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