I oppose the TTC-69 and I support the NO Action Alternative.

At a time in our country when a plethora of means are available to terrorists to penetrate our borders undetected, despite what authorities have told us are their best efforts to prevent such penetrations, installation of a 1200 foot wide corridor coming straight out of Mexico across our border seems to be nothing less than the epitome of carelessness. Given the number of immigrants coming into our country, threatening the well being and security of our nation, opening a floodgate like the TTC is a threat to our sovereignty. Given the present level of border penetration now occurring, even with the natural barriers and fences that exist today, what level of increase can we expect when vehicles of mass transportation such as buses, rail, semi-tractor trailer trucks and private automobiles are given a 1200 foot wide high-speed artery to facilitate breaching our border? The border patrol is already severely understaffed to do their job as it stands. There will never be an adequate method to handle the level of border penetration created by the Trans Texas Corridor; this is a huge border security issue.

Governor Perry, (whom I’m sorry to say I voted for) , would like nothing better than to put the "TTC feather in his hat" as an attribute of his governing prowess, so noted as to facilitate his bid for the White House someday in the future. I know he thinks he is attractive enough to win that election and he is driven to run for the Presidency by his ample ego.

The fact is, the TTC is the most egregious abuse of eminent domain law that the government of this country has ever contemplated. The 44,000 acres of private property that will be taken as right-of-way to construct this behemoth, is contrary to what the founding fathers of this country intended. Every soldier who has ever fought, died and spilled their blood to protect our rights as citizens of the United States, fought for our right to own and protect our property and to have a safe home or farm.

Market value paid to individuals whose private property is taken subject to eminent domain law is notoriously lower than the ACTUAL fair market value of their property. Forcing a person off their land for a price far less than its true value is criminal……..it is tantamount to stealing in its most blatant form. Legal costs incurred by private citizens to fight the government in eminent domain cases always exceed the monetary benefit won on behalf of the plaintiff property owner in those proceedings. That is, if the property owner prevails; which is rare.

The disruption of traffic flow and its existing continuity on other Texas roads and highways that will be intersected by the TTC has not even been adequately contemplated yet. The TTC will not achieve traffic relief; to the contrary, it will cause tremendous traffic disruption. The past performance of governmental bureaucracy tells us that this disruption would likely not be dealt with until the TTC project is already well underway, and by then, it will be too late to modify and develop a remedial plan.

The TTC plan already calls for "limited, controlled access" to the highway in order to keep speeds up and not encumber the traffic flow. This means, due to limited on-ramps and access, private citizens who are owners of larger acreage parcels whose land is bisected by the TTC, could not conveniently traverse their own land without potentially having a 40+ mile trek to the next underpass, only to have another 40 mile trek back on the other side just to get to the opposite side of their ranch.