[PAA-Discuss] Fwd: Press Release: Zachry Complains to Radnofsky Campaign

[June Bennett Larsen]

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> From: Radnofsky US Senate 2006 <barbara at radnofsky.com>
> Date: August 20, 2006 6:01:58 PM CDT
> To: jlarsen7 at houston.rr.com
> Subject: Press Release: Zachry Complains to Radnofsky Campaign
> Reply-To: seth at radnofsky.com
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> For Immediate Release
> Zachry Complains to Radnofsky Campaign	
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> Houston, Texas
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> August 20, 2006 Zachry Construction Complains to Radnofsky Campaign
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> Vicky Waddy, spokeswoman for Zachry Construction, the highway  
> construction giant whose family members and political action  
> committee constitute one of Sen. Hutchison's largest contributors,  
> complained to Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Barbara Ann  
> Radnofsky over Radnofsky's coverage of the company in press  
> releases concerning the Trans-Texas Corridor.
> Radnofsky's campaign manager Seth Davidson explained: "Zachry  
> Construction called and was extremely upset. They demanded to know  
> 'What is the purpose of using the Zachry name in your campaign  
> release? And, what is the reference to Rockwall--we don't even have  
> any projects in Rockwall right now.'"
>
> Radnofsky, returning from three days in Rockwall, where she and  
> other citizens turned out in force for the last Trans-Texas  
> Corridor public hearing, responded to Zachry:
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> "Zachry Construction Company received $987,436,908 from TxDOT in  
> contracts, ranking second in money contracts awarded between  
> January, 2001 and December, 2004. The Zachry family and the Zachry  
> PAC donated massively to my opponent, who voted for tolling  
> projects in the federal highway bill and who has spoken publicly  
> about wanting to build the Trans-Texas Corridor. She's wrong. We  
> don't need this corrupt, wasteful, highway tolling project. We need  
> a modern transportation policy for Texas and a free highway system.
>
> "Sen. Hutchison should return the many thousands of dollars she has  
> received during this election cycle from Zachry-related interests,  
> and the even larger amounts she received from other entities  
> standing to benefit from the Trans-Texas Corridor."
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> The Radnofsky releases were sent in connection with the Rockwall  
> hearing on the Trans-Texas Corridor, a 50-year plus project that  
> creates eight massive toll roads cutting swaths throughout Texas,  
> in large part by taking private land from citizens, by privatizing  
> the core of the state's transportation system, and by tolling  
> drivers to pay for the $183.5 billion project.
>
> Radnofsky continued: "The concession contract I discussed in  
> Rockwall, sections five and six of the Highway 130 project, for  
> example, greatly favors the Cintra-Zachry team, which will receive  
> the lion's share of profits. The negotiators for this contract  
> quite literally gave away the farm--only it wasn't theirs to give.
>
> "Texans cannot afford these corrupt concession contracts,  
> negotiated in secret and planned across Texas on a scale that  
> boggles the imagination, taking private property and taxing Texans  
> with tolls for roads that will be obsolete by the time they are  
> completed."
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> Zachry Construction's PAC, its individual members or employees or  
> owners, and those individuals' immediate families rank #7 in  
> donations to the Hutchison campaign, having given $25,600 during  
> this election cycle. (Source: OpenSecrets.org).
>
> The campaign press releases triggering Zachry's reaction are  
> available at www.radnofsky.com.
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>
> Barbara Ann Radnofsky US Senate 2006
> Seth Davidson
> Campaign Manager
> email: seth at radnofsky.com
> phone: 713-858-6256
> Barbara Ann Radnofsky US Senate 2006
> Katie Floyd
> Communications Director
> email: katie.floyd at radnofsky.com
> phone: 713-858-9391
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> barbara at radnofsky.com
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