Re: Sept. 11 article “Tollway backers out in force.”
I was surprised and appalled. The article omits important facts about the toll road hearing.
Chairman Kirk Watson stated that sign-up of speakers was cut off shortly after 6 p.m. Because registration began at 5 p.m., only people who could afford to get off work early and/or worked downtown could speak.
The small auditorium quickly filled up with the “white hats” of Take On Traffic. The rest of the large crowd was directed to two overflow rooms, where they became helpless spectators watching on TV.
This arrangement meant that Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization board members literally could not hear nor see two-thirds of the people who came. These were predominantly anti-toll, by my best observation. Of course, most people drifted away, disappointed and frustrated with our elected officials.
STEPHEN BEERS
Austin
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