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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Texas Toll Party
[mailto:Sal@TexasTollParty.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 06, 2007
6:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> zappa2004@earthlink.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Looter Sen.
Watson to Divert $700 Million in Taxes for Tolls<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">MAKE HISTORY</SPAN> </FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><FONT size=7>ATTEND
T-DAY</FONT> </SPAN><BR><FONT size=5>Help STOP the first
Freeway Tolls in the History of the
US!</FONT></SPAN><BR></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(255,255,0); FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif"
size=2><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)">Our elected
representatives are seeking to steal our tax dollars and our
freeways to create a</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,255,0)"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)"> <BR>freeway toll tax on our
families. This will pass if we don't show up in massive
numbers! <BR></SPAN></SPAN>Please forward this email alert to
everyone you know in Central Texas.</FONT></FONT>
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style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" face=verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Attend T-DAY
Monday!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR>THIS IS THE BIG ONE. <BR>After 3
long years, T-Day is the final CAMPO public hearing <BR>on
double tax tolls.<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">TOGETHER, <BR>WE'LL MAKE
HISTORY.<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The most
important public hearing of your lifetime.<BR>You'll be proud
to tell <BR>others you were there.<BR></SPAN><BR><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"><FONT
size=4><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Help Stop the Double
Tax</SPAN> </FONT><BR>This Monday, <BR>Sept. 10th,
6pm</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">at
the State Capitol!</ SPAN></FONT><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif" size=1><BR>Be
there or pay and pay and pay.<BR>(underground extension
auditorium)<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Like the Boston Tea Party,
<BR>Austin Toll Party folks are well known to "give 'em hell
at the microphones". Come Monday, take a stand for yourself
and I promise, your heart will race and you'll feel a special
pride to be there standing your ground for your
family.</SPAN><BR><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=4><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">T-Day</SPAN> stands for <BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">T</SPAN>olls, <SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">T</SPAN>axes & ; let's
<BR>"<SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">T</SPAN>ar an! d Feathe
r <BR>those Crooks"!</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italic"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Since 2004, our show of
force has proven to push back </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">the corrupt politicos who benefit
from tolling <BR>our freeways. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">They fear the voters
wrath</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"> - if enough of
us are there </SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">watching
them.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Come and help
us </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">babysit the
crooks<BR>on Monday. I'll be a lot more fun than anything
that's on TV.</SPAN><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><
BR>---------------------------<BR></SPAN>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT style="FONT-STYLE: italic"
size=2><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"
face=verdana><BR></FONT><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"
face=verdana>Hell, send the crooks another email! Tell all
</FONT></FONT><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ecdeiecab.0.0.r7gn7dcab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.campotexas.org%2Fcomm_tpb.php&id=preview"
target=_blank linktype="undefined">19 CAMPO board
members</A><FONT style="FONT-STYLE: italic" size=2><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" face=verdana> to <SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">"Do NOT spend $700 Million
of our tax dollars for monopolistic tolls on our
freeways</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-STYLE: italic"
size=2><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"
face=verdana><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"> or I
will work to remove you in your next
election.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-STYLE: italic"
size=2><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"
face=verdana><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">"</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">This ONE email address goes out
<BR>to all 19 Board members!</SPAN><FONT size=1> (please
include a subject heading, your name, address so they know
you're a real person)</FONT>:</FONT><FONT
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"
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style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR>The Chair of </FONT><A
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style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">, Senator <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Kirk
Watson</SPAN>, is pushing a new tax scheme that
</FONT><A
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freeways to tollways</A><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">. <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">The
Watson TxDOT toll plan also diverts $700 million tax
dollars - intended for free roads - into toll
roads.</SPAN> It is important to note that f</FONT><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">reeways have NEVER been
shifted to tollways in the history of our country.
<BR><BR></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Conventional
toll roads across the country</SPAN> have always been
built on new land with investor dollars (after the
public expressways had been built) so drivers have a
choice between the public highway or the toll road. They
are taking what is ours to charge us forever, as the
tolls will never be removed even after the road has been
paid for 100 times over. </SPAN><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Don't let it happen, attend
T-Day Monday.</FONT><BR><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR></FONT>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"
size=5><FONT size=3>(Demand Real Solutions - See Them
Below)</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR></FONT>
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style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"
size=5>FREEWAY TOLLER TRICKS AND
LIES</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Safe from the voters wrath,
tollers selected the retiring Austin council member
<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Betty
Dunkerley</SPAN> to run interference, and confuse some
of our greener folks</SPAN> who sent emails (via
campo@austintollparty.com), with a tricky reply that
said: <BR><BR></SPAN>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: italic">"<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We are considering tolls on
new capacity not old...</SPAN>"
</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">THE FACT
IS</SPAN>, the Austin toll plan creates a monopoly by
tolling public highways like 183, 71, 290 and MoPAC.
<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Tollers
seek to use our tax dollars (the $700 million) and the
right of way we've paid for (Billions of dollars worth
intended for our freeways/public highways) - to shift
our freeway system into an unaccountable tax system.
Period. This is a Double Tax.</SPAN> These are roads
that were always intended to be freeways. Tollers use
our money, they use our right of way to charge us again
- so special interest pals can profit off our
families. <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">There should
be no free land and free roads given to toll road
interests under the guise of providing maintenance for a
bureaucratic double tax.</SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">DID
YOUR ACTION EMAIL "BOUNCE" ?
</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Since last week, we sent about
1,000 emails via the campo@austintollparty.com email
address. That one alias email address goes to 19 board
members. <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">2 of the
board members blocked our emails <SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">(CAMPO board members RR Mayor
Nyle Maxwell and WilCo Commish Cynthia
Long)</SPAN></SPAN> and many people thought the emails
they sent would not be counted. YES, despite the two
board members blocking our emails, each of our messages
were accepted and recorded by the CAMPO office.
Thanks!<BR><BR></SPAN>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Which
one is the smarter road? <BR><BR>The <SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"> $100</SPAN> MILLION
FREEWAY/PARKWAY <BR><BR>or <BR><BR>the<SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"> $411</SPAN> MILLION
TOLLWAY?<BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A
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NOSEND="1"></A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR></SPAN>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">ATTEND
T-DAY AND SAY "NO
WAY!"</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR></DIV><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"><BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">FACT:
TOLL ROADS COST MORE THAN FREE ROADS.</SPAN> For
example, fix290.org created a non-tolled parkway that
would move just as many cars as TxDOT's double decker
toll road at the Oak Hill convergence of U.S. 290 and
Texas 71 (SW Austin). <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">The
smarter non-tolled parkway costs less than $100 million.
TxDOT's tollway costs $411 million </SPAN>(since it
needs toll equipment and a bigger foot print to separate
the tolled freeway lanes from the frontage roads with
stop lights). The tollway allows politicos to tax drive
rs again without calling it a tax. And, if you've tried
to drive free near the new tollways in North Austin, you
know exactly how they force drivers onto the
tollways.<BR><BR>AND GET THIS: </SPAN>TxDOT has trotted
out a "Parkway Option 4"...BUT, "Parkway
Option 4" is NOT a parkway - and it IS
tolled.<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Tollers
would call a dog a cat, if it meant they could make
money off us! </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR></SPAN>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">BREAKING
NEWS:<BR>TxDOT ignores a <BR>CAMPO order to study
</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">the
non-tolled parkway! <BR>A MUST READ - </SPAN><A
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href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ecdeiecab.0.0.r7gn7dcab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsalcostello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Ftxdot-ignores-campo-order-to-get-into.html&id=preview"
target=_blank linktype="undefined">CLICK HERE</A><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">.</SPAN><BR></DIV><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">FACT:
TOLLS TAKE LONGER TO BUILD THAN FREE ROADS.</SPAN> They
say toll roads are faster, but the fact is, tolls take 2
years longer to build. A 2 year Environmental Study must
be performed, since the alre ady approved freeway plans
are trashed, under this toll scheme. Building the
already planned freeways is 2 years faster.
<BR><BR></SPAN>
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style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">WHY ARE
OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IGNORING THE OVERWHELMING PUBLIC
OPPOSITION?</SPAN> Gred. Special interest contributors
including the Chamber of Commerce (</SPAN><A
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Traffic</A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">)</SPAN> which is lead by
bankers who'll profit off the debt created by freew ay
tolls - are pushing politicos to ignore the public. The
Chamber has been pushing this double tax fior 3 years
and it has yet to poll it's members!<BR><BR>As part of
the Chamber board, The Austin American Statesman, which
has endorsed the double tax toll plan since 2004, uses
it's bully pulpit with editorials in support of the
freeway plan - claiming it is our only choice.
<BR><BR>THAT IS FALSE AS WELL!...read
on....<BR></SPAN><SPAN
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style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">SHOW
UP ON T-DAY </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">AND
DEMAND THE <SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">REAL
SOLUTIONS!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><BR>Smarter options, other
than shifting our Austin freeways to tollways, do
exist.<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">In the
short term</SPAN>, the $700 million tax dollars
should</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">n't be
spent on toll roads, but </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">on cost efficient non-toll
solutions such as: <BR><BR>· Variable speed limits<BR>·
Ramp metering<BR>· HOV lanes without tolls<BR>·
Reversible/barriered lanes for peak periods<BR>· Non
tolled Parkways (like </SPAN><A
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style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">) <BR>· Pass through
financing<BR>· More arterial lane miles<BR>· Better
incident management and <BR>· Advance computerized
control of traffic signals.<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">In the
long term</SPAN> we must index the gas tax. The
</SPAN><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
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Institute</A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> report
states that more tolls are simply NOT needed - that
indexing the gas tax and using the revenue to pay off
bonds allows freeways to be built right now.<BR><BR>Once
placed, the freeway tolls will NEVER be removed from our
public highways. In contrast, the Ledge has the
opportunity to index the gas tax eve ry two
years!<BR><BR></SPAN>
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style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Print out this email and
bring it to T-Day, <BR>as a guide, and show it to
others.</SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV><SPAN
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Join
us, ATTEND T-DAY on <BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Monday at 6pm at the
Capitol</SPAN> <BR>and say "NO Freeway
Tolls!"</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">...or
pay and pay and
pay.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR></DIV><SPAN><BR>Sal
Costello<BR>Founder of People for Efficient
Transportation PAC<BR></SPAN><A
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