Landowners pack Trans-Texas Corridor meeting

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KETK - NACOGDOCHES - Thursday night at the Fredonia Hotel in downtown Nacogdoches, concerned East Texans showed up at a hearing about the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor.

If built, this would mean 4,000 miles of change on the East Texas landscape including six toll lanes for passenger vehicles and four lanes for trucks.

East Texans packed the historic Fredonia Hotel downtown to hear State Representative Wayne Christian fire the first volley at the Texas Department of Transportation.

"I can tell you unequivocally-- I and my constituents am opposed to the Trans-Texas Corridor," Christian said.

The speakers we saw were all opposed to the plan TX-DOT tells us would carve a strip from South Texas to Northeast Texas allowing vehicle and rail travel.

Some had a hard time holding back emotions about possibly losing family land.

" This land has been in my husbands family since 1925," one woman said in tears.

Others were not so timid and certainly were more defiant.

"I suppose it seemed it would be cheaper and easier to run over a bunch of rural small land owners and farmers...but you can see that's not what's going to happen," one farmer said.

One man thinks the plan goes beyond Governor Perry and TX-DOT.

"It's driven by multi-national corporations such as Wal-mart. It's driven by the Chinese. It's a bureaucratic play ball. we got a bunch of political prostitutes in Austin and Washington playing this game at y'alls expense," says Hank Gilbert, leader of the Texas Turf group against the corridor.

On a lighter note, one man wrote a Valentine's Day poem for lawmakers who vote for the corridor.

" For our elected officials I have this final note -- if you fool around with the TTC... we'll delete you with our vote."

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[badassgixer]

Call to arms will be the only choice left if they dont stop this. I agree STAND UP TEXAS!! THIS ALABAMAIAN WILL STAND WITH YOU.

[NoTaTtHiScHoOl]

fuck yea!!

[bobmoore20]

every street we have goes threw "someones land" im from nac. and i agree that these ppl shouldnt be bullied, but this isnt the first time

[jmjfanss]

And nobama will do the same thing by continuing it.

[GoodOBoy757]

Mellisa lanier sucks a good dick!

[DrewDawg50]

When people go against the Constitution, they should be deleted with a bullet to the head. Their families should be deleted as well. You don't need to vote to make that happen. They should've known that they shouldn't break the law and drive people out of their homes.

[sajorojas]

What Trans-Texas Corridor? I thought it didnt exist? The TV told me so

[jammasterjayfan]

This Video speaks the truth.

[WakeUpObamaborg]

Quick! Go to CNN . com and vote on whether or not the candidates ought to CLEARLY define their position on the NAFTA superhighway!

[raleighb53]

Stand Up, TEXAS!!!!!!!!