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June 2009
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Recently in Transportation CategoryGovernor Rick Perry on a special session due to lawmakers' unfinished business: How worried are you about bond ratings? Will Voter ID be part of a special session call? For anyone who peaced out early on Sine Die, the Senate adjourned without clearing safety net legislation to continue five state agencies because Republicans were upset $2 billion in transportation road bonds went unapproved by the House. A special session could be necessary to keep the agencies alive, but some lawmakers say Governor Rick Perry could just as well issue an executive order to keep TXDOT, the Texas Racing Commission and Texas Dept of Insurance alive. But what of the $2 billion beef? Many questions in the air this morning. "Tonight's developments in the Texas House and Senate were dis... Why I Will Filibuster the TxDOT Sunset Bill, by Senator John Carona
Seventeen Texas senators have sent a two page letter to House members, asking them to "lead" and "take a stand" by voting yes for the legislation previously known as SB 855, the local option transportation funding bill. It's now in the form of an amendment to the TXDOT sunset legislation. The senators who signed the letter, in no particular order: Carona, Gallegos, Watson, Harris, Ellis, Zaffirini, Hinojosa, Wentworth, Nichols, Averitt, Deuell, Shapleigh, Whitmire, Davis, Lucio, Uresti, Eltife. As usual with these embedded documents,... State Senator Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, says he plans to vote no on confirming the Governor's pick to head the Texas Transportation Commission. On Wednesday, the Guvnah (that's how they say it in SC, anyway) announced he would put in his former campaign manager and chief of staff, Deidre Delisi, as chairman of the TXDOT governing body. Hegar says he thinks that idea was a "squandered opportunity": "I had high hopes that Governor Rick Perry would use the vacancy created by the untimely passing of former Transportation Chair Ric Williamson as an opportunity to appoint someone to lead the commission who would w... As expected, Governor Rick Perry has tapped his former chief-of-staff, Deidre Delisi, to chair the Texas Transportation Commission, which oversees TXDOT. She replaces Ric Williamson, who had planned to step down before dying recently of a heart attack. Delisi was picked for the commission along with William Meadows of Fort Worth. Their terms expire Feb.1, 2013. Perry's statement: "Texas faces serious challenges in providing a transportation infrastructure that will sustain our state's rapid pace of population and trade growth," s... Governor Rick Perry is responding to a proposal in Washington to raise the federal gax tax by sixty cents per gallon over five years, to pay for the rising cost of infrastructure. Here's a snippet: Their recommendations prove the notion that the further someone gets from the actual location of a challenge, the less they know about it or how to solve it. Raising taxes is a surefire way to stifle growth, and limiting states’ freedom to innovate will only make it worse. The federal commission further shows a weak grasp of economic theory by encouraging states to not only accept their proposed massive fede... Texas Department of Transportation Commissioner and former state lawmaker Ric Williamson died suddenly of a heart attack last night. He was 55. Here's what the big three had to say: Perry:
HANGZHOU, CHINA - Yesterday we were traveling from the Chinese city of Hangzhou to the historic town of Wuzhen, and during the ninety minute ride we had to stop at three toll booths. I asked the tour guide what was up with that, and he said there's some statistic about how 70% of the tolled roads in the world a... |
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Elise Hu is KVUE's Political Reporter and your dedicated blogger. There's too much politics in Texas to fit into a newscast, so the fun continues here. Email your ideas and feedback to ehu@kvue.com.
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