“It was all part of their effort to manufacture community support.”

Written By Molly Cook

Texas Observer: TEXAS TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY REVS UP AT THE LEGE

[Cook] felt that something was off about Gaston’s testimony. “After talking to her, she explained that the relocation agency had come to her and said, ‘This is what we want you to say. We’re going to pay you to get down there, and we’ll bus you to get down there,” she said. “It was all part of their effort to manufacture community support.”

— Molly Cook, a co-organizer with Houston-based and Texas Streets Coalition-associated Stop TxDOT I-45

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