What happened to the days when the government operated as a servant of the people? When did the government become something people feared and complained about? Well, the State of Texas and Governor Rick Perry are proving to us again that they care nothing about the citizens of Texas. They are proving that they don't believe the government is meant to be a representative organization rather than a prescriptive one.
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The TTC is a good example of the government not acting for the citizens it is supposed to represent. Rather, the government in Texas is now becoming a living breathing breathing organism that wants to feed its greedy appetite by stripping Texans of their rights and taking your land to give to the highest bidder. Not only are they willing to take your land but they plan, in the case of TTC-35, to give it to a foreign company to reap profits off of for the next 50 years. If you are quite unhappy to this point you will only grow more discontent if you read further. But please read on, this is a matter for all Texans and we need to be concerned. The State of Texas (meaning Governor Perry and his construction donors) would like to take your land and lease it to private enterprise for the purpose of building a fast food restaurant, gas station or other "ancillary facility" along the Trans-Texas Corridor. And this is no small venture they are initiating. It involves 4,000 miles of road at least 1200 feet wide.
That's right, part of the legislation that allows the TTC to become a reality gives the State of Texas the power to take your land if they feel that there is money to be made in a facility that serves commuters along the TTC. They will take your land if they feel that there is more economic benefit in a gas station than in your growing crops, raising cattle, or giving your children a place to play. No longer a government for the people and by the people, the Texas government is one for big profit in a few pockets. Texans’ rights are being dismissed, and Texans are being treated as obstacles to the greedy visions of large profits for some.
I don't know about you but this sounds to me like a gross abuse of eminent domain. The door was opened by our United States Supreme Court and the State of Texas (Perry and company) intends to fully take advantage. The Texas Legislature made an attempt, or at least what looked like one, to reverse the effect of the Supreme Court decision. However, I say attempt because the legislation that was proposed, and subsequently amended, specifically excluded the TTC from the very protections it was meant to provide. Private property rights are no longer such in Texas. Make no mistake about it, if the governor feels it is in his best interest politically, he will find a way to get it done. AND HE IS!
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