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Anti-corridor rally at SFA
Hank Gilbert, from Texas TURF and Linda Curtis from Independent Texans will speak at a citizens’ rally against the Trans Texas Corridor Saturday, May 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at SFA.
Citizens will gather in the wooded area between Vista Drive and North Street, with parking available near Turner Auditorium. The event’s organizers particularly encouraged tractors to appear, possibly as a symbol of rural solidarity.
For more information, contact Steve or Jan Tracy at 936-569-8332.
Comments
By Jimmy Scott
May 7, 2008 9:13 PM | Link to this
Thanks! I will do everything that I can to make the rally.
By lnranger1
May 7, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this
i hear RICK PERRY will be at SFA that day addressing the graduating class.this is a good opportunity to let him know what you think of the trans texas corridor..
By SFA Student
May 8, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this
As an SFA student, and one that has been living in Nacogdoches for almost 4 years, I do agree 100% with your view of the corridor. I believe that Perry should hear what the people effected by this proposed corridor have to say. The thing that I do not agree with is that fact that you a holding this event on a day where several young adults are achieving something that they have worked for several years to achieve. We will see what happens.
By not fooled
May 8, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this
How many trucks will have to come out of Mexico daily to pay for this road? And how much pollution will they be spewing into the air and washing off the road into the water and soil? That is not to mention the cargo which will be uninspected since they couldn’t afford a delay at the border. I wonder what Perry would say about that. Once the natural resources of Texas are lost to this, they will not be reclaimed.
By lnranger1
May 9, 2008 1:27 AM | Link to this
sfa student,some families have well over a hundred years of hard work,blood,and sweat in their farms and ranches.rick perry should not be allowed to enter the county for what he and his croanies are trying to pull off.