The 2nd special session of the Texas state legislature has adjourned without passing the special bill to raise an additional $900 million a year for transportation.
The legislative backers of the bill suggest that the governor may want to call another special session after the 2014 primaries.
As you know, our legislature only has regular sessions every other year.
It seems that Texas now needs to spend $4 billion each year to keep up with growth.
The prior El Paso city council (the 26 percenters) just spent $4.7 million to finance a study that we were told was necessary in order to secure $90 million in state funding to create a street car line. Us 74 percenters were told in an open city council session that the money was guaranteed.
Maybe next year city council will spend $5 million on a study to determine if pigs can fly.
We deserve better
Brutus
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