GrassRoots vs. AstroTurf (Take on Traffic)

Lynda Rife, the queen bee
toller lobbyist, who’s been working
hard behind the scenes - and going to church.

Lynda Rife, is under contract to do the the dirty work - to sell toll roads to the public. What was Rife's great idea? To not mention the word "Toll" (the same strategy Sen. Kirk Watson uses).

According to one Statesman report, the Austin Chamber of Commerce/Take on Traffic has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a misleading campaign that Rife created, which includes those “fat cat white hats”.

You won’t find the word “Toll” on TOT signs, hats or even on the main pages of their website. But you will find the “Toll” word in the small print, within the automatic email that citizens would send to CAMPO from their website. Mark Nathan, a well known campaign manager for tollers like Mayor Will Wynn and Betty Dunkerly, is listed as the registrant for takeontraffic.com.

It always amazes me how dishonest the tollers are - they can’t even be real with themselves.

I went to the CAMPO work session yesterday, to watch that snake Sen. Watson slither around. I shot some video and stills that I’ll be sharing here on the blog in the coming days.

Once and a while these sleazy characters think they can come up to me with a handshake and talk like we’re old pals. (At times these fools have even come to my home, unannounced, to try and rattle me - but all they do is give me more resolve).

Rife asked me why I wouldn’t shake her hand. Being honest (something tollers can’t comprehend) I told her I had no interest and took some close up pictures of her instead - see the photo above. Rife then began telling me how she goes to church in SW Austin. Yet another dishonest crook who goes to church one day a week, and thinks they can screw folks over on the other 6 days. Nice.

So, toll profiteers, please come by and shake my hand, I need some more close-ups.