"I'm afraid the name of Trans-Texas Corridor has gone away but I think there's still a push for basically a 'Trans-Texas Corridor.' "
Trans-Texas Corridor drives emotions in governor's race
10/6/09
By: Bonnie Gonzalez
News 8 Austin
Copyright 2009
The announcement comes after the Texas Farm Bureau revealed its endorsement of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
The Texas Department of Transportation announced plans Tuesday for dropping the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Farmers and ranchers led the charge in the fight against the project. They felt the super highway project would swallow up their farmland through eminent domain.
The announcement to drop the project comes just one day after the Texas Farm Bureau revealed its endorsement for Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
"Eminent domain, we feel, has gotten a little too loose in that they're able to take a person's property," McGregor farmer Rodney Schmalriede said.
Their decision to protect those rights has prompted the bureau to support Hutchinson in the gubernatorial race against incumbent Gov. Rick Perry.
"Gov. Perry's veto of eminent domain in 2007 has not set well with the farmers and ranchers of the state," Texas Farm Bureau spokesperson Gene Hall said.
Perry said Tuesday the project was pulled because they heard Texans loud and clear.
"The plug has been pulled for some time. The final decision-making process, you know, Texans clearly said this isn't a project that we want to go forward and we listened," Perry said.
Hutchinson posted a response to the state's decision to pull the project on her Web site.
"The Trans-Texas Corridor will not be officially dead until Rick Perry is no longer governor and his political appointees are no longer running TxDOT. Texans can't trust Rick Perry when it comes to protecting their land from the government, ceasing to lease our highways for foreign companies or ending the Trans-Texas Corridor," Hutchison spokesman Joe Pounder said.
Perry said Tuesday the project was pulled because they heard Texans loud and clear.
Before TxDOT announcement Tuesday, Schmalriede shared a similar outlook.
"I'm afraid the name of Trans-Texas Corridor has gone away but I think there's still a push for basically a 'Trans-Texas Corridor,'" Schmalriede said.
Similar fear among farmers and ranchers will keep them on edge and the issue of the Trans-Texas Corridor alive in the Republican primary race.
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10/6/09
By: Bonnie Gonzalez
News 8 Austin
Copyright 2009
The announcement comes after the Texas Farm Bureau revealed its endorsement of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
The Texas Department of Transportation announced plans Tuesday for dropping the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Farmers and ranchers led the charge in the fight against the project. They felt the super highway project would swallow up their farmland through eminent domain.
The announcement to drop the project comes just one day after the Texas Farm Bureau revealed its endorsement for Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
"Eminent domain, we feel, has gotten a little too loose in that they're able to take a person's property," McGregor farmer Rodney Schmalriede said.
Their decision to protect those rights has prompted the bureau to support Hutchinson in the gubernatorial race against incumbent Gov. Rick Perry.
"Gov. Perry's veto of eminent domain in 2007 has not set well with the farmers and ranchers of the state," Texas Farm Bureau spokesperson Gene Hall said.
Perry said Tuesday the project was pulled because they heard Texans loud and clear.
"The plug has been pulled for some time. The final decision-making process, you know, Texans clearly said this isn't a project that we want to go forward and we listened," Perry said.
Hutchinson posted a response to the state's decision to pull the project on her Web site.
"The Trans-Texas Corridor will not be officially dead until Rick Perry is no longer governor and his political appointees are no longer running TxDOT. Texans can't trust Rick Perry when it comes to protecting their land from the government, ceasing to lease our highways for foreign companies or ending the Trans-Texas Corridor," Hutchison spokesman Joe Pounder said.
Perry said Tuesday the project was pulled because they heard Texans loud and clear.
Before TxDOT announcement Tuesday, Schmalriede shared a similar outlook.
"I'm afraid the name of Trans-Texas Corridor has gone away but I think there's still a push for basically a 'Trans-Texas Corridor,'" Schmalriede said.
Similar fear among farmers and ranchers will keep them on edge and the issue of the Trans-Texas Corridor alive in the Republican primary race.
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