Truth Be Tolled (2006)

Truth Be Tolled

First Texas, then the nation. Government has found a new way to make money on public infrastructure. The plan is not only to convert existing roadways into toll ways without a public vote, but to seize over half a million acres of Texas soil and replace it with a 4,000 mile road, rail and utility network. Many citizens are crying highway robbery. Corporations stand to profit as lobbyists and lawmakers pave the way for private foreign interests. The political establishment is not listening to the people-- but their voices will be heard. This award-winning documentary follows the process as citizens exercise their most important power as members of a democracy: freedom of speech. Grassroots organizers to working-class Texans, all unite to state their loud opposition. The strongest voices rise from small rural communities whose farms, homes, schools, businesses and churches face the largest forcible eminent domain acquisition in U.S. history. The Trans-Texas Corridor, the first leg of the proposed NAFTA superhighway, will not only rip the heart out of Texas-- it will kill a way of life that has been in the Lone Star State forever.

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"All history is the propaganda of the victorious." From the producers of the award-winning film, "Truth Be Tolled", a new and powerful documentary exposes the truth behind the Keep Texas Moving advertising campaign. This special edition chronicles the events and shocking developments leading to a landmark lawsuit.

"The Keep Texas Moving campaign is a one-sided attempt to advocate one political point of view on a highly controversial matter," argues Terri Hall, anti-toll activist and founder of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom. "It's clear they've not only crossed the line into illegal lobbying, but they leaped over it."

In a David and Goliath battle, Terri and her attorney Charlie Riley, fight against all odds to halt the Texas Department of Transportation from spending taxpayer funds to promote the TTC and toll roads.

The plan is not only to convert existing Texas roadways into toll ways without a public vote, but to seize over half a million acres of Texas soil and replace it with a 4,000 mile road, rail and utility network.

The Trans-Texas Corridor, the first leg of the proposed NAFTA superhighway, will not only rip the heart out of Texas-- it will kill a way of life that has been in the Lone Star State forever.

TURF edition - Truth Be Tolled
(TURF Special Edition features Terri Hall and revolves around the TTC-69 public hearings and the irregularities of the Keep Texas Moving campaign)

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TTC Special Edition

First Texas, then the nation.

Government has found a new way to make money on public infrastructure.

The plan is not only to convert existing roadways into toll ways without a public vote, but to seize over half a million acres of Texas soil and replace it with a 4,000 mile road, rail and utility network.

Many citizens are crying highway robbery. Corporations stand to profit as lobbyists and lawmakers pave the way for private foreign interests.

The political establishment is not listening to the people--but their voices will be heard.

This award-winning documentary follows the process as citizens exercise their most important power as members of a democracy:
freedom of speech.

Grassroots organizers to working-class Texans, all unite to state their loud opposition. The strongest voices rise from small rural communities whose farms, homes, schools, businesses and churches face the largest forcible eminent domain acquisition in U.S. history.

The Trans-Texas Corridor, the first leg of the proposed NAFTA superhighway, will not only rip the heart out of Texas-- it will kill a way of life that has been in the Lone Star State forever.