TX governor rapped for paving way for construction of Trans-Texas Corridor

One News Now ^ | August 24, 2007 | Chad Groening

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Texas Governor Rick Perry is being called to task by an author and investigative journalist for vetoing bills that would have blocked construction of the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor.

Dr. Jerome Corsi has been one of the leading voices warning the American public about the consequences of the Trans-Texas Corridor, which will be part of a superhighway -- purported to be four football fields wide -- that will allow Mexican trucks to enter the U.S. and traverse the core of the country all the way to Canada. The best-selling author asserts that Governor Perry cleared the way for construction to begin in his state when he vetoed several bills passed by the Legislature that would have stalled the project.

"Governor Perry has been 100 percent gung-ho in building this road," says Corsi. "The Legislature voted a two-year moratorium, it voted a redefinition of eminent domain -- [and] Governor Perry vetoed them. [On] at least one of those measures, he waited until the Texas Legislature was out of session so it couldn't even override his veto."

Corsi says it is unfortunate that there has been political pressure to get the project started. "The Federal Highway Administration's lawyer wrote letters threatening the Texas Legislature to cut off federal highway funds if they got in the way of this Trans-Texas Corridor," he says.

Corsi believes the same pressure will be applied on other states, like Oklahoma, to go along with the project. He suggests that would mean a loss of more American jobs and could pose a threat to U.S. sovereignty.

[nicmarlo]

Now you’ve done it! : )

[nicmarlo]

Opensecrets.org

NASCO Lobbying Expenditures North America's Supercorridor Coalition 2005

Subsidiary	Lobbying Firm Hired	Report Type	Amount
North America's Supercorridor Coalition	BKSH & Assoc	MID-YEAR REPORT	$20,000
North America's Supercorridor Coalition	BKSH & Assoc	YEAR-END REPORT	$20,000
North America's Supercorridor Coalition	Lemunyon Group	MID-YEAR REPORT	$40,000
North America's Supercorridor Coalition	Lemunyon Group	YEAR-END REPORT	$40,000
North America's Supercorridor Coalition	Lemunyon Group	MID-YEAR REPORT	$40,000
North America's Supercorridor Coalition	O'Connor & Hannan	MID-YEAR TERMINATION (NO ACTIVITY)	$0

[nicmarlo]

BKSH & Associates

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Gabe Rozsa
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Keith Smith
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[nicmarlo]

Lemunyon Group

Glenn B. LeMunyon
President of LeMunyon Group, L.L.C., a Washington, D.C. based full service government affairs practice. Previously, Mr. LeMunyon spent nearly four years as a senior lobbyist for Winston & Strawn, a large Chicago-based law firm. Mr. LeMunyon has worked effectively in the past with clients in many issue areas including: American Airlines, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, Honda North America, Alliance Airport, Port of Brownsville, National Geographic, Marinette Marine, Yellow Corporation, Union Pacific, and Fannie Mae. He maintains extremely close Member and staff contacts in the House and the Senate, Leadership, and in the appropriations and infrastructure committees.

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he latest addition to The LeMunyon Group. Ms. Saxe comes straight from Capitol Hill where she was Director of Office Resources in the personal office of Congressman Tom Reynolds, Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. During her time of service in Congressman Reynolds' office, Ms. Saxe focused on special projects and worked on building and maintaining coalitions.

[Liz]

Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advises Cintra in First Privatization of Toll Road in Texas

DALLAS (March 1, 2007) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP advised Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a Spanish transportation company, in its successful bid to develop State Highway 121 into a toll road through Collin and Denton counties.

The award to Cintra, approved by the Texas Transportation Commission, is the first privatization of a Texas toll road. Bracewell is acting as project counsel to Cintra with respect to the 50-year concession from the Texas Department of Transportation. Cintra will pay a $2.1 billion upfront and annual lease payments totaling $700 million. "Cintra was awarded this project because of its proven expertise and competitive proposal," said Thomas O. Moore, partner with Bracewell & Giuliani. "This is the largest transportation deal of 2007. This is one of only five deals in the country."

Three firms have competed for the Comprehensive Development Agreement for State Highway 121 since last summer. The proposals were reviewed and scored based on selection criteria set forth by the Regional Transportation Council, the metropolitan planning agency for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

This CDA is a public-private partnership that allows the provider to handle all facets of developing the toll road, including completing construction and operating and maintaining the corridor. Cintra, a subsidiary of Grupo Ferrovial specialized in toll roads and car parks, is one of the world's leading private-sector developers of transport infrastructure. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1803916/posts

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Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advises Grupo Santander in Acquisition of Leading U.S. Auto Finance Company NEW YORK (September 25, 2006) –Bracewell & Giuliani advised Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. (SAN.MC, STD.N) (a bank that traded with blacklisted Iranian Bank) in its agreement to acquire 90 percent of the U.S. auto financing company, Drive Financial Services, for approximately US $651 million.

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Voters should keep in mind: when Rooty Giuliani campaigns on the Mideast, the WOT and his 9/11 "credentials," Globalist Rooty and his Globalist backers are preparing to profit bigtime off the US government (that's us, the taxpayers).

BACKUP As a PR gimmick, Giuliani recently sold one of the several businesses he is involved in, which revolve around investment banking, global security, and international legal representation.

The Washington Post reported that one of his companies, Giuliani Capital Advisors "was sold for an undisclosed amount as Giuliani was preparing his run for president." The Post article also discloses that Giuliani’s secretive lobbying firm, Giuliani Partners, has made more than $100 million over the last five years and that Giulaini's clients "are required to sign confidentiality agreements, so they do not comment about the work they receive or how much they are paying for it.

Though now running for president, Giuliani refuses to identify his clients, disclose his compensation, or reveal any details about Giuliani Partners. He also declined to be interviewed about the firm."

The paper provided some details, based "on a review of corporate, government and court records, along with scores of interviews with clients and government officials who have interacted with Giuliani Partners."
READ HERE http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/G/GIULIANIS_BUSINESS?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME
FR POSTED http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1833794/posts?page=46

Giuliani companies (that we know of) include:

(1) Giuliani Capital Advisors, LLC (AKA Giuliani Partners LLC),
(2) Giuliani Group,
(3) Giuliani-Kerik (re-named Giuliani Security and Safety, after the departure of the tainted ex-Police Commissioner),
(4) Giuliani-Van Essen,
(5) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm (based in Texas with global interests), and
(6) Giuliani Security & Safety, Asia

Attorneys Bracewell & Giuliani's January Closings in Kazakhstan Total US $1.625 Billion
lawfuel.com | February 22, 2007
FR Posted on 02/26/2007 by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791780/posts

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- LAWFUEL - Law News, US Law Firms -- Bracewell & Giuliani LLP closed three cases in January for a total of US $1.625 billion, acting as international counsel for the offering of corporate debt and solidifying their place as the premier legal authority on Kazakhstani business affairs in the Caspian region. “We continue to thrive and grow in Kazakhstan, mirroring the country itself,” said Greg Vojack, managing partner for the firm's offices in Kazakhstan. “As Kazakhstan transitions into a prosperous free marketplace after the fall of Soviet Russia, its fine-tuned monetary policies are helping the country’s financial sectors grow faster than New York.” ~snip~

Established in 1994, Bracewell's presence in the Republic of Kazakhstan has helped clients capture significant opportunities in the Caspian Region. The firm's energy and finance attorneys provided groundbreaking guidance to create the legal and financial infrastructure in that emerging nation and today actively advise energy and financial companies in the region and the government of Kazakhstan. ~snip~

MORE BACKGROUND Giuliani firm has Venezuela ties
MiamiHerald.com | Thu, Mar. 15, 2007 | BETH REINHARD
Posted on 03/15/2007 3:26:41 AM PDT by Condor 63
The law firm headlined by presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani does business with a company tied to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, who has called President Bush ``the devil.'' Bracewell & Giuliani lobbies on behalf of Texas-based Citgo Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Venezuelan oil company controlled by Chávez. The Bush administration said last year that Venezuela was ''not cooperating fully'' with antiterrorism efforts, stopping one step short of grouping the country with state sponsors of terrorism like Iran, Syria and Cuba. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor best known for his leadership after the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks, does not personally lobby for Citgo, though he is a senior partner at the firm and shares in its profits. (Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...

[Borax Queen]

It’s all in your head...

:0)

[nicmarlo]

oui! : )

[nicmarlo]

Giuliani companies (that we know of) include:

(1) Giuliani Capital Advisors, LLC (AKA Giuliani Partners LLC),
(2) Giuliani Group,
(3) Giuliani-Kerik (re-named Giuliani Security and Safety, after the departure of the tainted ex-Police Commissioner),
(4) Giuliani-Van Essen,
(5) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm (based in Texas with global interests), and
(6) Giuliani Security & Safety, Asia

BTTT!

[BaylorDad]

...that will allow Mexican trucks to enter the U.S. and traverse the core of the country all the way to Canada.

There already here. What idiot thinks that all Mexican trucks are waiting to cross one port of entry? Mexican trucks and buses are already here. Products "Made in Mexico" are almost as common as those "Made in China". I will never understand the hysteria about the TTC. What jobs lost? US manufacturing jobs have been shifting overseas long before the TTC was ever conceived.

[nicmarlo]

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."

-- Samuel Adams

[wolfcreek]

I know you hate the traffic conditions on I35. Do you want to see 2 or 3 thousand more trucks on that roadway?

You, I and most of the posters will be dead by the time the TTC is finished. If and when the TTC come to past, then we’ll talk about the Mexican trucks. (somebody’s trying to put the cart before the horse)

[BaylorDad]

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams

I fail to see the relevance of the quote to this thread. Do you think there would not be a port of entry at the border? Do you suggest any port of entry is ceding a portion of our liberty. I guess my response is, WHAT?

[nicmarlo]

I will never understand the hysteria about the TTC. What jobs lost?...I fail to see the relevance of the quote to this thread.

It's all about greed by corporate greedholders and American sell outs. You think it's no big deal...Sam Adams wouldn't agree.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advises Cintra in First Privatization of Toll Road in Texas

That contract was ultimately awarded to the North Texas Tollway Authority. You could say that it's a public-public partnership. :-)

[nicmarlo]

Ain’t that just interesting?!

[Liz]

Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advised Cintra in First Privatization of Toll Road in Texas............... That contract was ultimately awarded to the North Texas Tollway Authority. You could say that it's a public-public partnership.

I wonder what Bracewell & Giuliani's percentage of the North Texas Tollway Authority contract is? And for how long?

[Borax Queen]

Thanks for the pings.

[yorkie]

Thanks for the ping! I was just posting on a Giuliani thread about this very thing, not realizing this one was even here!

[yorkie]

Thanks for the ping, Liz! I just posted this link on another thread:

Know your RINO

http://www.knowyourrino.com/Pres08/Giuliani.htm

[nicmarlo]

yw; does this mean you’re keeping up tonight, hehehe! j/k