[PAA-Discuss] TURF: $8 billion sink hole; Hearing in Austin Monday!

Sat Jan 30 21:24:13 EST 2010

                Keep our FREEways toll-free!

                Stop the 'renamed' TTC!

                In This Issue

            $8 Billion Rip-Off!
Be in Austin Feb. 1!

                Quick Links...
                Texas TURF site

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Other Resources:

FixGRIDLOCK.com

                San Antonio Toll Party

                281 Overpasses Now!

                Truth Be Tolled

>> We need YOU in Austin, Monday, Feb 1, for testimony at PUBLIC HEARING on alternatives to tolling

>> Vote for who YOU think won the final Republican gubernatorial debate here!

(Poll on bottom right side of home page)

All the latest news below!

HEADLINES...

Toll agency gets the State to pledge its credit for $8 billion in toll projects!

Read about it here.

I-35 in Denton County to have FREE lanes converted to toll lanes, use "private partner"

Read more here.

Hutchison accepts $50,000 from Zachry

Read about it here and get Terri's debate wrap-up here.

BIG PUBLIC HEARING FEB 1!

TOPIC: statewide road funding alternatives

If you want to end tolling as the primary means to fund new roads and for the MOST AFFORDABLE method of funding roads to prevail, you MUST come to Austin Feb 1 to be heard! This is a joint hearing of both the House and Senate Transportation Committees.

Tell lawmakers...

- NO to selling our roads to private, foreign corporations (in these CDA contracts)
- END toll road proliferation & Perry's policy of "toll roads, slow roads, or NO roads"

- NO to raiding teacher retirement funds and public employee retirement funds to finance them
- NO to ANY tax increases until they CLEAN HOUSE at TxDOT

- STOP raiding the gas tax for things that don't relate to roads
- YES to the MOST AFFORDABLE way to fund roads (which is the statewide gas tax, hasn't been raised since 1991).

Hearing on Transportation Funding
February 1 @ 8:00 AM
(TxDOT up around 10 AM, Come when you can, it will last all day)

House Appropriations Committee Room
Capitol Extension Building, E1.030
State Capitol
Austin, TX

To sign-up to testify, fill out the Witness Affirmation Forms available at the back and put "transportation finance" as the topic. If you wish to hand out your testimony in writing to the two committees, make 40 copies (20 per committee).

Carpool meeting location: 
San Antonio - Park Hills Baptist Church, southwest corner of 281/1604, at 8:00 AM

If you have a carpool meeting location you'd like us to announce, please contact Sudie Sartor at (210) 488-5412 or at sudie at texasturf.org.

WATCH HEARING LIVE
 here: http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.php

SUBMIT COMMENTS TO:
House Transportation Committee
 P.O. Box 2910
 Austin, TX 78768-2910
 Or email comments here.

 And

 Senate Transportation Committee
 P.O. Box 12068
 Capitol Station
 Austin, Texas 78711
 Or email comments here.

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