December 27, 2006
Good job, Kirk Watson...
(McBlogger says: Hey! I'm finally back in my office and in front of the computer. It's been so long (4 days) that it feels like an eternity... especially when you're blogging from a BlackBerry. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to New Year's debauchery (or, as The Mayor and I like to call it, A Night Out With Sister Ruth))
Watson calls for a delay on the CAMPO Phase 2.
Watson, an Austin Democrat succeeding longtime state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos in January, will be one of eight new or nearly new members of the 23-member Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization board. Given that influx of inexperience, as well as a recent report indicating that increasing the state gas tax with inflation could eliminate the need for tolls on some roads, Watson said that CAMPO needs to step back.And, as it considers further action on toll roads in general, Watson said, the CAMPO board needs to make sure "the people of Central Texas are treated like valued constituents, not just resources to be harvested."
Good to finally have a player on this board with the stature to pimp slap Krusee, who had this to say about the delay and a possible reorg of CAMPO
"I think a smaller board is a good thing because it's become unwieldy," said state Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Williamson County, a CAMPO board member and the chairman of the House Transportation Committee. "And some members clearly have not been interested in actively participating."
People don't want to participate? Well gee, Mike, I don't suppose that could have anything to do with how you've dictated terms and conditions to the board over the last few years. What was it again? 'Toll roads or no roads'? Wasn't that basically what you were telling folks?
You know, if I were running PR for Krusee I'd take away his mobile and make sure that all calls came through me. Then I'd never let him talk to the media. Every time he's quoted he comes across as an asshole.
Funny how reality always shows.
(photo credit to the Statesman, yo!)
Posted by mcblogger at December 27, 2006 11:15 AM
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