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Lawmaker battles Trans-Texas Corridor
Project tied to 'North American Union' threatens property rights
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Citing concern for personal property
rights, a Texas lawmaker has
filed legislation to delay construction of the controversial Trans-Texas
Corridor,
a proposed network of privately funded, limited-access toll roads seen
by some critics as part of an incremental merger of the U.S., Canada
and Mexico.
Republican Rep. Rick Hardcastle
said the "critical point for me is when the state disregards the
personal property rights of hard-working Texans," the Gainesville
Daily Register in Texas reported
Hardcastle, whose district has
little support for the project, filed House Bill 3831 in the Texas House
of Representatives, which seeks
to halt the project until specific improvements on Highway 35 are
made. He also is co-author of House Bill 2772, a statewide two-year
moratorium on toll road development.
The latter bill would stop all
toll projects while legislators and government officials re-examine
contracts and plans. The two bills are awaiting committee referral.
An activist opposing the project, Gainesville obstetrician Amy Klein, applauded the new legislation as an example of citizen representation in action, the Daily Register reported.
"I think that these legislators are finally listening to their constituents across the state of Texas," Klein told the paper.
Klein pointed to a proverb frequently quoted by David Stall, founder of the anti-Corridor group CorridorWatch: "You eat an elephant one bite at a time."
"I think that we're slowly devouring
this elephant," Klein said.
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