1. George Bush appointed him thus when he left the office to become prez.
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2. "We" re-elected him to office by 30% of the total vote in the last election.
And because he won by such a "landslide" ... he's been on the fantasy trail of persuing even greater and more ambitious goals lately. For one thing, he's thrown any and all public input on any topic out the window. Case in point - His dream of taking NAFTA to a whole new level with his TTC, or "Trans Taxes Corridor" tollway, whereby he turns existing north-south Interst
ate 35 thru central 'Taxes' into a 12-lane private developer-owned menagerie consisting of the big rig and automobile traffic lanes, divided by rows of freight train rails down the center, with water, high voltage transmission, gasoline, oil, and natural gas pipelines all buried beneath the entire length of the system, (and what a terrorist's dream this could be) with profits from the leasing of the space combining with profits from the trollway booths benefitting --- guess who. And it's NOT the 'Taxes' taxpaying public. But my point is ... NO PUBLIC INPUT.Oh sure, TxDOT holds public hearings regarding almost everything they intend to do to us, but then the Trollway Commission brings in busloads of their paid developer friends, gives them special lapel buttons & caps to identify them to board membrs as "friendly supporters", and even ushers them in to meetings an hour or so early, filling the meeting halls in order to prevent any non-supporters from getting inside to voice their opposition.
And to insure a clear path statewide for their trollway agenda, they buy off local city or county officials with lucrative Trollway Commission positions and handfulls of free "TxTag" passes, which allows the user to pass freely along trollways without having to pay ... or even to stop at the booth at all. In this way, they're able to use taxpayer funds, not only to promote their illegal programs with perpetual, glitzy TV ads, but to line their organizational pockets for their shady services performed along the way. All the while complaining that the reason they need trollways is that they lack the necessary funds to actually construct more highways. BUT - does the public actually OWN these new trollways ? NO ! And they never will. After the land to build on is confiscated by right of imminent domain, the road construction contracts ... along with title to the roadways to be built ... are farmed out to foreign investment groups, who not only own them indefinitely, but are virtually guaranteed that future business will be diverted to the trollways by a series of "No Compete Clauses" in the contracts ... meaning that alternate "free" routes will be hindered from competing with the trollways by disallowing any improvements, additions, or alterations to the free routes, as well as a new program whereby existing speed limits on the free routes are reduced to mundane levels, while limits on the trollways are increased to the point of actually becoming dangerous.
And I should mention at this point that if you're really interested, all the TRUE facts on Perry's trollway plans can be found at www.CorridorWatch.org
But enough of trollways. The point of this story is that our esteemed top bureaucrat is using his criminal powers to branch out well BEYOND 'Taxes' now. And it would be hilarious to even imagine where he's setting his sights these days if it weren't so damned threatening to the entire nation.
The new logo we discovered for his future endeavors pretty well says it all ... Texas today ... tomorrow the country ... after that ... well, you gotta think BIG when you've been pilfering the tax revenues and stomping all over the citizens of the biggest, meanest state in the nation.
By the way, a few weeks back ... before any of the caucuses ... a former New York mayor by the name Giuliani (AKA "Roodie") came to town (Austin) for a promotional press conference whereby Gov. Perry announced his official endorsement of the mayor as a presidential contender. It was further indicated that Rick Perry would be among the top picks as a running mate, should Giuliani become the Republican nominee. Interestingly, up until that day, Giuliani was quite popular among most 'Taxes' Republicans. But further digging revealed that Giuliani Partners, LLP of New York City just also happened to be the legal firm that represents CINTRA (of Spain) and CAMPO ... the state's trollway building commission in their numerous legal battles.
And the mere mention of the name Giuliani in 'Taxes' today leaves a rather nasty taste on most citizens' tongues. Yep - 'bout the same flavor as that ugly name ... "Rick Perry".
