Texas League of Conservation Voters Endorses Bell

Texas League of Conservation Voters Endorses Bell

TLCV says Chris Bell offers a broad, comprehensive plan

Texas League of Conservation Voters (TLCV), a coalition of Texans committed to clean air, clean water, and access to public lands, water, fish and wildlife, has endorsed Chris Bell in his race for governor.

"Chris Bell has demonstrated a real commitment to fixing our air quality problems, making Texas a leader in energy independence and giving us a parks system we can all enjoy and be proud of," said TLCV's executive director, Colin Leyden.

Chris Bell was the first candidate to offer a broad, comprehensive plan for protecting our state's natural resources; the first candidate to call for a halt to Rick Perry's disastrous fast-tracking of new coal fired power plants; and the first and only candidate to offer a real plan for funding our state parks.

"Chris Bell deserves the vote of all Texans who care about clean air, clean water, and preserving our state's natural heritage. He's the only candidate who can beat Rick Perry and the big polluters who pull his strings," said Leyden.

In reaction to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's recent report that Rick Perry has been aggressively working behind the scenes to sell the 400 acre Eagle Mountain Lake State Park to the highest bidder, Leyden said, "Texans are demanding that we fix our woefully under funded park system. You can't on the one hand say that you now support funding our state parks, and on the other push to sell 400 acres of a public state treasure to private developers. We join Chris Bell in calling for a moratorium on the sale of public lands to private entities."

TLCV is a non-partisan organization that supports candidates who are committed to conserving our state's natural resources. TLCV endorses candidates using several criteria, including: voting history on conservation issues, campaign platform, and personal efforts toward protecting the water, air and land in Texas.
Chris Bell's "Healthy Texas" plan for protecting the environment is available at http://www.chrisbell.com/issues/environment.

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