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Join Texas landowners in protecting their legacy.

 

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Donate today! The volunteer staff of Texans Against High-Speed Rail are all impacted by this current high-speed rail project, so you can be assured that we have only altruistic motivation to help preserve our property AND yours, as well as protect us all from the effects of inevitable tax subsidies. All funds go to direct support of opposition efforts. DONATE HERE

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Mission Statement

Our aim is to protect private property rights, maintain efficient modes of transportation, and prevent the wasteful use of taxpayer dollars or public subsidies for high-speed rail transportation. Our members include citizens, private property owners, business owners and elected officials from all across Texas who share our core belief of combating eminent domain for private use and our opposition to any tax-subsidized railway.

Goals

  1. Stop the progress of high-speed rail in Texas, including the proposed Texas Central Railway
  2. Protect the rights of private property owners in Texas by promoting restrictions on private use of eminent domain
  3. Change the culture of TxDOT to abandon high-speed rail in Texas
  4. Protect taxpayers from the inevitable financial disaster resulting from failed HSR projects

Activities

  1. Keep the public informed regarding high-speed rail in Texas, including opposition efforts
  2. Hold elected officials and agencies accountable
  3. Promote TxDOT and HSR project transparency
  4. Actively lobby state and federal legislators
  5. Advocate for the rights of private citizens

Opposition Partners

We are proud to have the support of organizations that share our commitment to protecting property rights and opposing tax-subsidized high-speed rail in Texas. Their endorsement strengthens our collective voice and helps amplify our efforts at the local, state, and national levels. Together, we are working to preserve our way of life and prevent the misuse of taxpayer dollars.

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Ongoing Efforts By Texans Against High-Speed Rail

Working with legislators and other elected officials directly and through our lobbyist to support the creation and passage of legislation to oppose high-speed rail in Texas.

Hosting meetings throughout the state to increase awareness and raise funds to support this effort.

Making grassroots efforts easier by providing sample letters and the ease of sending letters directly from our website, as well as utilizing social media to keep you informed and engaged in the high-speed rail opposition conversation.

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Lawsuits filed by Texas Central against property owners.

As it stands, not only has Texas Central been denied approval to construct, it has not yet established itself as a “railroad” with eminent domain authority in Texas.

Amazingly, recent sworn testimony from a Texas Central representative revealed that Texas Central does not even have the money to buy the land it needs for the project, or even buy one train.

Texas Central also admitted that it does not have sufficient financing in place for construction. Despite these undisputed facts, Texas Central continues to bully and has filed lawsuits against landowners across Texas in an attempt to enter private property, knowing full well it does not have that legal right.

All the while, no Texas court has ruled in Texas Central’s favor, nor has any court ordered an injunction against a landowner to allow Texas Central access to private property.

For a company that preaches fairness to landowners and respect for private property rights, Texas Central’s actions certainly speak louder than its words.

 

Because eminent domain is typically a last resort, and this project is far from the point of being approved to acquire property through eminent domain, the TAHSR Land Defense Fund was created to offer landowners a collective effort to protect their lands and ecologically sensitive natural resources and wildlife from being harmed long before eminent domain is necessary.

This should ease the burden from landowners to retain individual counsel at this point. TAHSR Land Defense Fund is a Texas nonprofit corporation and official 501(c)(3) organization.

 

Who We Are

We are a 501c(4) organization formed in early 2015 as a coordinated state-wide effort to protect property, property rights and values, and our way of life from the negative impacts of high-speed rail, as well as prevent the wasteful use of taxpayer dollars or public subsidies for high-speed rail transportation.

As individual Texans, we may not feel that we have the means or reach to coordinate a state-wide grassroots effort, engage lobbyists or attorneys, or push back against a $20 billion project, but by being a part of a unified group, Texans Against High-Speed Rail, you can help stop high-speed rail in Texas.

The volunteer staff of Texans Against High-Speed Rail are all impacted by this current high-speed rail project, so you can be assured that we have only altruistic motivation to help preserve our property AND yours, as well as protect us all from the effects of inevitable tax subsidies.

Our supporters include residents, private property owners, business owners and elected officials from all across Texas who share our core belief of combating eminent domain for private use and our opposition to any tax-subsidized passenger railway.

Your opposition phone calls, letters and emails are an important element in opposing this current high-speed rail project, but we also need your financial support to operate a coordinated, state-wide opposition plan. Please consider donating today to help the fight.

Together we are stronger, louder and can do more to make sure our way of life is protected.

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Your donations are critical to our efforts. While our core team consists of unpaid volunteers, we must hire lobbyists, attorneys, and other experts to compete with the opposition’s $20 Billion project. We are also affected landowners and are committed to winning this battle by leveraging every possible strategy available.

 

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