7/27/2005

Strayhorn goes to San Juan TX and tells Mayor "I’ll come lay down in front of a bulldozer with you and stop toll roads"

Strayhorn campaigns in San Juan
July 27,2005. Victoria Hirschberg
SAN JUAN The Monitor

"It’s a land grab being crammed down our throats," Strayhorn said of a possible nine-mile toll road slicing through San Juan from Military Highway to U.S. Expressway 83. "Mayor (San Juanita Sanchez of San Juan), you just give me a holla’ and I’ll come lay down in front of a bulldozer with you and stop toll roads."

Many San Juan residents are outraged over a potential toll road because it will eat away at the small city’s land and hurt its tax base.

"It’s taking away 300 acres of property and we’re going to lose all those taxes," said San Juan resident Adriana Salazar.

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