Perry questions motives of corridor opponent

During my drive home yesterday I was listening to Michael Berry on the radio and low and behold, King Ricardo, I won with 39%, Perry was on. He talked about a couple of subjects but he did make some comments about the Corridor. Now, I won't get into all the details of his comments but there is one part that interests me the most. Here is the actual text of what he said. Apologize for the lack of paragraph and punctuation.

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"There are some that don’t want a build a road anywhere in the State of Texas. I mean, there have always been those who stood up and said, I'm sorry, I don't want you to build a road through our neighborhood for whatever reason. But the fact is, if we're gonna have progress in this state, if we're gonna handle these 1500 people that call Texas home every day, that's what our population grows every day, you gotta build roads, you gotta do it thoughtfully. When you have only three choices, raise the gas tax about a dollar, that's how much it would cost to raise the funds to build the needed infrastructure we have in the state, and c'mon, nobody's gonna vote to raise the gas tax, we can't get people to to raise the gas tax a nickel much less a dollar. Uh, wait for Washington DC to send us the money to build our roads. Well everybody that thinks that's gonna happen, stand up and hold your hand up…that's correct, Washington is not gonna save our fat out of the fire here. So the third option is to build roads private public partnerships allow for consortiums in a public bidding process to build the roads and let them recoup those with tolls. Always having the option of a non-toll road available for somebody that says…I ain't paying a toll. Those options will always be there. So, those that are against the Trans Texas Corridor. I'll be real honest with you, I think they are motivated by something other than reality, or they're motivated by some political reason, or they're just again'ers and they don't want to see progress happen in the state. "
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Note the lines highlighted in red. Well, excuse me governor, but my motivation is to have resources meant to relieve traffic congestion go towards relieving traffic congestion where its a problem...here in Houston. Not in Sealy.

The folks that are complaining about the corridor from rural Texas are truly concerned about the impact this will have on not only those directly in its path but those in the vicinity whose quality of life will be dramatically impacted by what can only be called a superhighway.

The Texas House and Senate both voted almost unanimously multiple times for multiple bills in opposition to your plan and were it not for the lateness of the session and you're threat from the throne of a veto we might have stopped this thing once in for all.

Almost every county government that is aware of the road or has residents in its path has voiced opposition to the plan or passed resolutions in opposition.

I'm not sure who you were referring to when you spoke about opponents and their motives but I can assure you, Rick, these people are not the types who will search out any cause. They have real concerns and it is very clear by your ARROGANT attitude, exhibited on not just this but many other issues, that you are unconcerned with them and their issues, or the real needs of any other average Texan for that matter.

People are opposed to this plan mostly because it has advanced this far despite overwhelming public outcry against it. It was conceived by a select few individuals for the benefit of a select few individuals and the people of Texas are fed up with your self serving, heavy handed style of governance. It was not done thoughtfully, as you suggest with your comments, and has been rammed down our throats from the get go. The next legislative session will see fireworks regarding the corridor...I can guarantee you that.