Trinity River Rat

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I'm not overly interested in politics. Perhaps I should be, but I become too disgusted by what I see. I see too many conservatives parade their faith and make decisions that contradict it; while liberals shout of supporting the impoverished from the top of their ivory towers. (I know this is somewhat generalized)

It's hard to want to vote when truth is drowned out with sound bites, one-liners and partial truths (which are the most damaging lies).

But here, away from partisan lines, is where I take my first political stance on an issue that is quite literally, close to home. It seems about 90-some percent of Dallas politicians think it's a wonderful idea to place a large toll road in a specific spot which happens to be smack in the middle of what is being touted as being the 'Central Park of Dallas', the Trinity River Park. Simply the idea of a Central Park with a toll road is ridiculous in itself.

But more alarming to me is that when politicians (especially Dallas politicians) align, red flags shoot up in my mind like fireworks. Making it more suspicious, the majority of the Dallas citizens (that I have spoken with), who have any information at all, fall on the opposite side of the issue. And various facts that have been revealed along the way that point towards anything that favors this referendum seems to get buried quicker than they're publicized. I've never been a conspiracy theorist, but if something looks like a duck... well you know the rest.

I think this referendum is important for Dallas. And I'm not telling people how to vote, only begging that they inform themselves. I do know that I will be voting 'Yes' to keep the toll road out of Trinity Park.

Here's some places to further inform yourself:

Trinity Vote
Dallas Observer
Dallas Blog
Dallas Arena

And the League of Women Voters and Pegasus News has a great video of one of the debates.

This video shows hired 'blockers' (reportedly hired by Harlan Crow, real estate tycoon) to prevent Trinity Vote volunteers from collecting signatures to petition for the referendum that would prevent the toll road. This isn't a move against the referendum directly, but against Dallas citizens' ability to vote on a referendum concerning the Trinity River Project. Shouldn't that be unconstitutional?