San Juan, Texas activists known as the San Juanistas say they have achieved the ultimate victory. Having successfully fought off attempts to have a toll road foist upon them, they and city leaders broke ground Tuesday on a massive retail development where the toll project would have gone. The 32-acre San Juan Corners development will boost the city's tax base. A toll road would have blighted the city, said San Juan Mayor San Juanita Sanchez (who I met with in 2005), leader of the San Juanistas.
Read about it here in the Rio Grande Guardian
3/26/2008
'San Juanistas' claim ultimate victory
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Congratulations to those brave citizens. My hat is off to them. The rest of Texas should follow their lead.
YES! This news makes my day!
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