One of my favorite Newsday blogs is the Garden Detective
by Jessica Damiano. This week, she writes about her fantastic trip to Hawaii and shares tips on how to grow your own pineapple. This is such a cool do-it-yourself project!
Click here to read her pineapple-growing tips.
Remember a while back when Mikey Krusee (R - Politically Dead Man Walking) was all about the gas tax? Turns out not so much. His very own bill has been stuck in Ways and Means since February. Of course, Krusee’s attitude is that constituents are bitching all the time and he frankly doesn’t really need to listen to them. I’m sure the people of WillCo will be reversing him on that next year.
The author is listed as ‘Statesman Staff’ but it’s pure Kelso…
What a relief for the tourist. It’s now easier to find Hutto than ever before because the Texas Department of Transportation on Friday unveiled a Hutto exit sign on Texas 130.
“Hutto Next 2 Exits,” says the green and white sign about a mile north of U.S. 79. Yes, Hutto has grown so big that it needs two exits: one for Upper Hutto and one for Lower Hutto, or Baja Hutto.
There’s no doubt that travelers should be alerted that Hutto is just ahead. “We have Home Depot and a Sonic and lots of nail salons,” said Debbie Holland, Hutto’s mayor pro tem. She points out that Hutto had just 680 people when she moved there in 1977 and that it has 17,000 now.
About 25 miles northeast of Austin in Williamson County, Hutto suddenly finds itself dotted with Chili’s, AutoZone, Jiffy Lube, Wachovia, Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Quiznos, a pawn shop, a karate studio, Dollar General and all that other chain stuff you thought you could avoid if you drove 25 miles northeast of Austin. Ah, for the good old days, when you knew you were in Hutto when you saw Snuffy’s Bar & Grill out the car window.
In case you were wondering, people of WillCo, this is what Krusee has been working on this session
On the Moratorium front, EOW and Kuff have been keeping track of the bills and where they stand. At this point, it’s almost as if the Lege is playing to run out the clock. In other words, they probably won’t get a bill to Perry before the drop dead date. Perry has a set amount of time to do something with legislation sent to him. If the Lege gets the transportation bill to him in time, there will still be enough time before sine die to override the veto. However, that’s beginning to appear unlikely due to feet dragging in the Senate.
Texas needs roads. We need a rational funding mechanism for it that best utilizes public resources. It’s time for y’all to get off your asses and do something.
There’s more from EOW including a great article from the SAEN by Terri Hall that’s as reasoned and balanced an argument AGAINST road privatization as I have seen.
The Texas Department of Transportation promises toll rates of 12 cents to 15 cents a mile, but the reality has been 44 cents up to $1.50 per mile on similar projects that just opened in Austin. When TxDOT has admitted it costs 11 cents to collect the tolls, it can’t possibly cover the operation or maintenance of that road with 12-cent to 15-cent tolls, much less pay the private toll operator its guaranteed 12 percent profit.
In fact, TxDOT’s mantra is that the private company will charge “market rate,
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