As Perry Exits, Texas GOP Shifting Away From Toll Roads
The Texas Republican state convention drew national headlines last month with candidates and activists staking out hard-line positions on homosexuality and immigration.
Less noticed was a significant shift in the party’s stance on transportation, particularly the state’s reliance on toll roads. In the new platform, Republican delegates removed a provision backing “the legitimate construction of toll roads in Texas” and replaced it with language opposing some aspects of toll projects in Texas, particularly the use of public money to subsidize private entities.
The conservative pushback against toll roads comes as Gov. Rick Perry prepares to leave office after 14 years marked by a sustained push for toll roads and toll lanes. With about 25 toll roads in the state, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, the state has used the projects to stretch limited funds and expand its highway network. Most of the state’s toll roads had been opened or expanded since 2000, the year Perry became governor.
“There is an enormous amount of toll fatigue in Texas,” said Susan Fletcher, a Republican delegate from Collin County who supported the new platform language.
More at http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/04/perry-exits-texas-gop-shifting-away-toll-roads/ .
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"that's what happens when you vote for republicans"....silence is the usual reply if they are not democrats! 
