Austin Toll Party Press Release

1/20/05
Austin Toll Party Press Release


The CTRMA, the toll authority for Central Texas, the first RMA in the state, is made up of mostly Williamson County (WilCo) people, even though WilCo is one-third the population and most the toll roads are in Travis.

Should Williamson County be tolling Travis County? Should Texas be placing tolls on roads we've already paid for?

Robert Tesch, CTRMA chair, has real estate interests in Williamson County that will benefit from the tolls on 183A, the CTRMA's first toll road. Tesch defaulted on "personal, business or student loan(s)" as disclosed in his "Governors Appointment Application," not to mention a bankruptcy in Dallas and pending foreclosure in Plano.

James Mills, CTRMA Board member, has a bankruptcy and his real estate interests can benefit from the tolls. The CTRMA board hired Mike Heiligenstein, as Executive Director, even with a bankruptcy in his past, at 120,000 a year (plus car expenses). Mills and Heiligenstein have been doing land deals together for years. Yes, they're both from Williamson County!

Should those who have failed in their own finances (i.e. had bankruptcies), be in charge of an unpopular 2.2 Billion toll system?

Numerous ties to WilCo convicted criminal Amos "Pete" Peters have recently been found. Peters 20 year criminal record includes check swindling, criminal mischief, DWI, larceny and four fraud convictions. He's spent two years in jail and also earned $4,000 a month from WilCo's road bond budget. Records show, TxDOT's District Engineer Bob Daigh met with Peters many times in 2004, at times alone and other times with Mike Weaver of Prime Strategies, Inc. Weaver has hired Peters company, The Communicators, for bond projects in Williamson County before. Mike Weaver's Prime Strategies, Inc helped create the CTRMA and continues its' contracts today.

CONTACT:
Sal Costello
Sal/at\AustinTollParty/dot\com
512.288.9991


Research as of 1/19/05

Research from records with leads from a current TxDOT employee and an anonymous Williamson County person. All documents are available.

Robert E Tesch
DOB: 09/17/1942

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CTRMA Board Chairman Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry
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BANKRUPTCY #1 - 81-03527 (Houston, TX)
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(Plano, TX) Published reports said that an August, 2004 foreclosure was pending for The Inn at Orchard Park, an assisted living facility owned by The Inn at Orchard Park, Ltd. whose general partner is Robert E. Tesch
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In the "Office of the Governor Appointment Application" Robert Tesch admits to the Bankruptcy and also states that he has defaulted on "personal, business or student loan(s)." One portion of the application asks for him to "Describe any litigation" he has been involved in, he fails to describe any of the several civil suits he's had over the last 25 years.
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Tesch's real estate interests on and near road 1431 and the new 183A (listed below) are valued at millions of dollars. The CTRMA's 183A Toll Road and it's free alternative roads and exits are in close proximity to his real estate interests and Tesch will clearly benefit.
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WIFE: Sandra L. Tesch
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AFFILIATED BUSINESSES:

Bob Tesch Properties, Inc
Tesch & Associates, Inc.
Tesch & Associates Interiors, LLC
Oakmont Business Park
Oakmont Properties
Oakmont Retirement Services, L.L.C.
Cedar Park Properties, L.L.C.
Tesch Family Partnership, Ltd.
Creekside Park, Ltd.
The Inn at Orchard Park, Ltd.
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REAL ESTATE INTERESTS: [Total approx. $7.8 million]

R-17-W017-0000-0038-0008 CEDAR PARK PROPERTIES LLC
1490 WHITESTONE BLVD E CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
[ AW0170 - Damon, S. Sur.]
Total: $1,011,528
R-17-W017-0000-0038-B008 CEDAR PARK PROPERTIES LLC
1480 WHITESTONE BLVD E
CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
[ AW0170 - Damon, S. Sur.]
Total: $1,090,090
R-17-W017-0000-0002-0D08 CREEKSIDE PARK LTD
CR 1431 CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
[ AW0170 - Damon, S. Sur.]
Total: $225,423
R-17-W017-0000-0047-CA08 CREEKSIDE PARK LTD
CR 1431 CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
[ AW0170 - Damon, S. Sur.]
Total: $25,484
R-17-W017-0000-0002-1C08 CREEKSIDE PARK LTD
CR 1431 CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
[ AW0170 - Damon, S. Sur.]
Total: $197,982
R-17-W017-0000-0002-0B08 CREEKSIDE PARK LTD et al
FM 1431 LEANDER, TX 78641
[ AW0170 - Damon, S. Sur.]
Total: $4,000,500
P-17-P194-4040-3710-88 TESCH AND ASSOC
1490 E WHITESTONE BLVD CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
Total: $29,192
R-15-0269-0000-0002 TESCH, ROBERT E
2510 CR 268 LIBERTY HILL, TX 78642
[ AW0269 - Garmes, H. Sur.]
Total: $876,801
R-17-W035-0000-0008-0001 TESCH, ROBERT E
2600 CR 268 LEANDER, TX 78641
[ AW0350 - Johnson, L.b. Sur.]
Total: $11,621
R-17-W346-0000-0005-0008 TESCH, ROBERT E
1400 WHITESTONE BLVD E CEDAR PARK, TX 78613
[ S4681 - Spanish Oak Estates]
Total: $383,832

James H. Mills
DOB: 02/21/1936

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CTRMA Board Member and former assistant treasurer of Pete Peters "Roads Now PAC"
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Address: 1900 CR 103, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78626
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BANKRUPTCY (91-13787-LEK)
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Mills was forced to abandoned the following finacial interests through bankruptcy: 248 Joint Venture, Branchwater Joint Venture, Steck II Joint Venture, Brady Joint Venture and Draper Tract Joint Venture.
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WIFE: Lavon Hudson Mills
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AFFILIATED BUSINESSES:

Co-Op Ventures
Lake Creek Center Joint Venture
BPL Management, INC.
J.P. Management, INC.
Jacks Pond Limited
Overlook Management, INC
Rivercrest Group, INC.
Rivercrest Properties LTD
M-Boardwalk Limited
Cranbrook Houston, LTD
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REAL ESTATE INTERESTS: [Total approx. $3.4 million]

R-20-0556-0000-0052 MILLS, JAMES H
261 BUSBY CROSSING GEORGETOWN, TX 78626
Total: $1,310,773
R-20-0246-0000-0003 JACKS POND LIMITED
301 CR 148, GEORGETOWN, TX 78626
[ AW0246 - Garcia, M.j. Sur.]
Total: $540,966
P-20-P194-0040-3732-37 RIVERCREST GROUP
1902 CR 103 GEORGETOWN, TX 78626
Total: $3,780
R-11-0444-0000-0001 RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
CR 304 JARRELL, TX 76537
[ AW0444 - Mcclellan, Wm. B. Sur.
Total: $185,295
R-11-0391-0000-0001 RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
IH 35 JARRELL, TX 76537
Total: $329,700
R-20-0481-0000-0036 RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
CR 103 GEORGETOWN, TX 78626
[ AW0481 - Nimmo, S. Sur.]
Total: $25,500
R-20-0481-0000-0063 RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
CR 103 GEORGETOWN, TX 78626
[ AW0481 - Nimmo, S. Sur.] $0
$24,000
R-20-0556-0000-0025 RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
1900 CR 103 GEORGETOWN, TX 78627
[ AW0556 - Stubblefield, W. Sur.]
Total: $803,400
R-20-0481-0000-0036A RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
CR 103 GEORGETOWN, TX 78626
[ AW0481 - Nimmo, S. Sur.] $0
$24,720
Total: $24,720
R-11-0581-0000-0003B RIVERCREST PROPERTIES LTD
FM 487 JARRELL, TX 76537
[ AW0581 - Smith, B. Sur.] $30,643
Total: $216,502

Mike Heiligenstein
DOB: 08/14/1952

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Bankruptcy (90-14004)
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CTRMA Executive Director
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ADDRESS: 502 OAKLANDS DR, ROUND ROCK, TEXAS 78681
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Records show Mike Heiligenstein working real estate deals with CTRMA board member James Mills and through S & H Joint Ventures (Sheets & Heiligenstein) with Round Rock City Attorney Stephan Sheets as far back as the 80's.
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AFFILIATED BUSINESSES:

Co-Op Ventures
S & H Joint Ventures
Sunrise Joint Venture

Amos "Pete" Peters III
DOB: 02/07/1948

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WIFE: Karen B. Peters
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Home Address: 1309 MARSHALL Lane, AUSTIN TX, 78703
Market Value of Home: $604,444.00
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According to TxDOT District Engineer Bob Daigh's meeting calendar, convicted criminal Pete Peters has met with Bob Daigh a number of times in 2004, at times alone and other times with Mike Weaver, Howard Falkenburg and/or Manuel Zarate. It is illegal for convicted criminals to lobby in the State of Texas.
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Amos "Pete" Peters criminal record spans 20-years Texas, it includes a dozen charges of check swindling, credit card abuse and criminal mischief. He's pleaded guilty or no contest to three felonies and three misdemeanors. He's been convicted of Larceny and DWI. Peters has been convicted of Fraud four different times. At one point he was sent to prison for two years.
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"Peters' company earns about $4,000 a month from Williamson County's bond budget, mainly for work promoting the roads project. He bills the county for meeting with the media, for preparing news conferences and press releases and for discussing the project with state politicians, among other tasks.
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But he is so closely tied to county Republican politics that he sometimes seems to wear two hats at the same time. A brochure Peters crafted at county expense last year displayed the names of every commissioner and included quotes from each touting his involvement in the roads project.
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Last summer, the county paid Peters more than $600 for three meetings with American-Statesman Editor Rich Oppel -- meetings Oppel said didn't happen."

"In Williamson, politics, roads and money mix"

— Carter Nelsen, AA Statesman, 1/29/2002
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AFFILIATED BUSINESSES:

The Communicators
1213, INC
Primetime Healthcare, INC
Roads Now PAC

Stephan Sheets (RR City Attorney)

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AFFILIATED BUSINESSES:

S & H Joint Ventures (with Mike Heiligenstein)
309 Main Street Venture, LLC

Charles Crossfield (RR Attorney)

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Crossfield is Williamson County's road / land acquisition attorney, and Stephan Sheet's current partner in Sheets & Crossfield PC.

Greg Boatright (CAMPO BOD)

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Records show that Williamson County Commissioner Greg Boatright voted for an extension of Parmer Lane when he held real estate interests, which would give the "Boatright Parmer Land" an economic benefit. As per government code, Commissioner Greg Boatright is to abstain from voting and disclose the nature of his interests. He failed to do so.

Senator Steve Ogden (CAMPO BOD)

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Ogden Resources - oil & gas company
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Treasurure for "Yes on 14" works at "Ogden Resouces"
yes on 14 allowed for creation of debt in Texas to build toll roads - now called Ogden Bonds
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HNTB (CTRMA CDA gave $20,000 to 14 SPAC)
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Dannenbaum gave 10K
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Yes on 2 & 15 (McCart, Friend of Rick Perry SPAC) gave 15K

Michael Robinson

Mike Weaver

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AFFILIATED BUSINESSES:

Prime Strategies, INC
Trine Land Compnay, INC (w/ Ralph E Reed)
Fine Art Properties, INC (w/ Ralph E Reed)