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So as Terri Hall said Prop #11 does not keep people like Perry from taking land for whatever use they want for it. This video is revealing because at the end he speaks of water in San Antonio. The water he may be referring to is our private water in my county. On land that the state doesn’t own, but several private land owners have spent a lot of money developing into perfect grazing and farm land. San Antonio is the one growing, let them figure it out. Our tax base will not be helped if we are robbed of potential profit in a county where the unemployment rate is over 10%. That is not protecting Texans, that is robbing Texans.

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I am conflicted by this amendment. I will share with you why. Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Farm Bureau all support this bill. Terri Hall and TURF (TTC grassroots fighter) is against it.

There are times I think the lawyers know best, and many times I would be wrong. This bill for instance is a start on more protection of property rights in Texas. It is not enough in my mind after dealing with Rick Perry and TTC. I want much more legislation so that no other Texan will feel trampled by a Power Hungry Governor.

What this Amendment will do is define “public use”. Rangers Ballpark, Cowboys Stadium and Texas Motor Speedway were used as “public use”, now try going in without a ticket! The Texas Constitution was dependent on Texans knowing that Texas is a free state, and it is clear many think public use means it is for profit. When I think of the millions attempted to be made by TTC and Rick Perry I get nauseous, our founding fighters did not think about that type of interference in a land owner.

Does this Amendment fully protect the land owner, nope. It does allow the government to take land you may or may not want to be taken. It would keep the bear from taking huge lots of land by a group of people, but if they want your 100 acre nest, good luck in trying to stop the Government.

I have wanted to post this for some time. Land owners in Texas in the past have been gracious and giving when it comes to land needed for roads. Hubby’s grandfather allowed his original land to be split for a road so farmers could haul grain and livestock where they needed to go. He also gave land for a cemetery, a school, and a church. He saw the need and was able to provide. Now as his descendants see Texas as a power hungry animal good luck in getting them to give a dime they don’t have to. Hubby’s grandfather was not alone in his giving of land for public use, I am sure there were many that did the same. As his family bought six thousand acres in the middle of Texas, it was the closest land to Galveston where they got off the boat that was available. But imagine all the roads between here and Galveston, you know many cotton, corn and wheat farmers gave land to ship goods.

Greed breeds Power. Right now I consider TxDOT greedy and power hungry. I will for yes for Amendment #11, but I don’t plan on stopping there. Too many times in the past I have rested thinking that Somebody would kill TTC, only to find it not dead. So that being said #11 is better than nothing.

Here is a link I link that details what Amendment #11 does and does not do.

Look HERE.

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I highly doubt it. Matter of fact I think like many others Perry has made other plans of how to do TTC. Remember he only won with 39% the last race, during that one he wouldn’t back down. He then just last year made sure Ted Houghton stay on board of TxDOT.

There are ways to make Texans think TTC is dead but not be dead. I think he is doing sections at a time, so that all of Texas cannot band together. Remember I 69 is being done by Cintra Zachry, as well as completed toll roads built by Cintra Zachry.

I like many others will not believe TTC is dead until Perry is no longer our Governor and TxDOT is gutted and filleted. Cronyism is alive and well in Texas and especially in TxDOT. Now I am sure I will be painted as a moderate or an extremist who just cannot trust reality. But remember how many times I have been told it is dead only to find Rick Perry found a way to revive it.

He is a conniving man at best, at worst I cannot say what I think of him.

He is not who he seems to be, considering how many times he has said he is pro eminent domain, until it means he wants to use it. I don’t trust him any farther than I can throw him.

Here is a clip that explains the continuing questions about TTC.

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Producers Co-op has a yearly dinner in College Station each year. Nothing can say what it is like to see Reed Arena filled to the brim with ranchers and farmers all thinking a couple of things, how great is the BBQ, how did we do this year, and last but not least what do we need to know to protect our future in farming and ranching.

Property rights are first and foremost on most farmers and ranchers, because they know if you take their land they cannot produce food. Whether the big city dweller gets that or not is a huge concern. If you think we pay too much for energy and oil, think about only being able to purchase foreign food instead of a American grown. The cost would skyrocket for every household, and as with toys foreign countries have few regulations that make food safe. American farm producers have many strict guidelines that keep our food safe, you will not find the type of pesticides allowed in China allowed here.

This is the reality of our future if the urban dwellers allow eminent domain and water issues to go through in the state of Texas. We cannot water our cattle, irrigate crops if able or farm land we don’t have. That farm feeds you whether you get it or not.

I am stubborn enough to tell you like it is. Life and food as you know it will never be the same if urbanites continue to think they can get great food by slamming the ranchers and farmers that feed them.

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At first glance $60 million is the number TxDOT spent on TTC. Texas tax dollars spent from day one were being protested. But the number is deceptive, $60 Million was only the part of the TTC that was killed. $131 Million is what TxDOT has spent thus far, and remember none of that money has actually built a road. None has expanded I35 or maintained the existing roads.

Until Perry is out of office, TxDOT is cleaned from Top to near bottom nobody should rest assured that TTC will not grow an ugly dragon out of it. TxDOT is filled with inept people at the top, I happen to know many employed by TxDOT on a low level. They do their job, and leave the politics behind. But the Commissioners are beyond hope, they need to be fired. Perry needs to be fired.

Nope the announcement has not calmed my fears about the need to “Make Texas History” by Perry. Rick Perry has had years and millions to back off, but he hasn’t. Even when the State House and Senate voted to kill TTC, Perry kept funding it.

Hank Gilbert had the quote of the day for me on TTC.

“Vampires die quicker than Rick Perry’s transportation policy,” he said.

TTC has been like a D list actor finally scoring a death scene, every which way, every moment.

Remember that TxDot has not killed all of TTC, only the big portion of it on I35. I69 will be built by Cintra Zachry.

Details of the money are found HERE.

This is one of the reasons I am supporting Kay Bailey Hutchison for Governor.

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That is what I was told last night. This time maybe for a while, they would have to begin the entire thing all over again. If you think I am relieved you would be wrong.

What is around the corner? Why does it take seven long years for the pig headed Perry and TxDOT to understand TTC was not a Texas friendly idea? Why after finally these years did they actually give up? Sorry but history with Perry has taught me not to trust the face value of anything!

That and the fact that when Dunk was one, we actually had more lanes on I35 between Waco and Dallas. TxDOT has spent millions in waste, while real roads, extra lanes have been needed. Locally an expansion has been ditched by TxDOT, one that was planned for over five years. Now they just aren’t going to do it.

What are they doing then? Their budget is in the millions, what are they spending money on in 2009 and 2010? TxDOT needs to be scrapped, it has to be completely overhauled from top to bottom. There is too much money and ability for abuse.

What I know is any expansion with a toll road from Dallas to anywhere is gone, the contract is null and void with Cintra Zachry, but remember they have already applied for federal money for I69.Cintra Zachry is the contractor.

One thing I know for sure, it is not what you know but what you don’t know that troubles you. What I know is what they have said, what I don’t know is what is TxDOT’s next big idea, or for that matter Perry’s grand scheme to mark Texas forever.

Rest assured I am committed to finding the facts!

Here are the Details of TTC Dead HERE.

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One where unemployment is the highest in  twenty two years. One where over 50,000 Texans will lose any help or assistance from being unemployed. One where more job losses are coming, those losing benefits will be unable to pay mortgages. Those unemployed in Texas right now are struggling to find companies hiring within a long range of their homes. You won’t see these Texans wearing French Cuffs, eating fancy dinners, or sitting in plush box seats at an Aggie game. They are lucky to eat a bowl of cereal for dinner. Trust me I know many Texans doing just that every night for supper. They have no other choice, they did their job but the company folded, layed off or went bankrupt. These same Texans are the backbone of our state, they need and want jobs. They need and want respect for what they have done, what they are doing and what they will do.

My heart breaks knowing these men and women struggle each and every day to find a job, to pay their mortgage or feed their kids. There but the Grace of God go I.

The Proof of this Texas is HERE.

Then there is the Texas where you get a $10,000 housing allowance, you make deals that only you seem to be able to know about. Land that you own skyrockets, real estate deals that most never even knew existed somehow drop in your lap. Your son works for the company that does the Texas Lottery, your wife works for a non-profit with Texas government ties. Oh yeah you travel the world paid for by Texans. You have been to Iraq, Istanbul, Israel, Sweden, Afghanistan and so on.  But today you are in Kaufman county, suddenly you will be around the little Texans for a only a brief moment. I am sure there is a DC meeting with movers and shakers on the agenda later down the pike. When it comes to your income you state you are a public servant with a house in College Station (ignore the previous tax problems), just doing your job.

Proof Cotton Farming doesn’t pay but a Governorship does is HERE.

The first Texas I know and see every day as I move through my life knowing many first hand that cannot find a job in Texas, and they lost their job because of no fault of their own. The second Texas is something I only read about, most of the legislature people I know have to have two and three other jobs to pay the bills. Everyone I know in Texas is struggling to pay utility bills, mortgages and property taxes except Rick Perry.

But you are in Luck if you contact one of Perry’s Hired Goons you can meet Perry today and eat BBQ. Don’t show up if you don’t contact Dwayne Horner.You can find it on the link.

Me? I don’t live in Kaufman County, and I have work to do. Goat to haul, laundry to do, kitchen to clean, kids to raise. Yeah I don’t have a personal staff either.

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I live in a school district that the fairly new superintendent did a great thing. He opened up the checkbook. They post the registry online for every school tax payer to see. What I know since I started this blog is it is not what you know that costs millions of dollars of tax payer money, it is what you don’t know. Imagine if you could read every bill, look at every local,state and national government checkbook. You could follow the money all so easily, we would not need groups that file, request and calculate the money trail.

We would all know what the “govt” knows. It is a big issue with me, as is a fair tax or flat tax. I want to know where the moula is, what are spending so much money on. What dept is overspending our tax dollars?

In other words, Show me The MONEY.

I am posting this video as a follow up of The Sunset Commission. As Hubby says, Toll roads allow TxDot to hide money, otherwise they would not want them. The one thing I know is TxDot does not want to show me the money. Matter of fact I think they didn’t want to show the Sunset Commission the money either.

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No this isn’t about Pro life or Pro Choice. This is about Choice. I live in a very yellow dog Democrat county. As a Precinct Election Judge I have heard for years that there is no choice in office. When you have one Candidate on the ticket it is really hard to vote against them. You can not vote, but voting against them is hard.

That has been one of my biggest concerns about anointing Rick Perry as the Republican choice in Governor before the Primary. It is hard to have nobody you want to vote for, since I have spent the last decade doing it locally.You want your vote to count.

Having a Governor Dog Fight is good for Texas, if handled correctly. We get to decide whom we like most. Then the best candidate goes against a Democrat candidate in the general election. Many Republicans that are rural grassroot supporters feel like Perry left us behind a long time ago with TTC. Many homeschool parents, and many conservative parents feel with the attempted HPV mandate was one of the worst things you could do as a Governor. Those concerns are real, and relevant. If Rick Perry thinks they aren’t, he is wrong.

Do I wish Kay was pro-life, you will never know how much. But I do know one thing the Senate is the worst place to keep a pro choice person, she is better off in Texas than in the Senate. My deepest concern about this race is Perry is willing to keep the Senate place pro-choice, when he has Michael Williams that is pro-life he could place in the next day if he chose to.

Perry seems unwilling to do the best for Texas in my opinion. Whether it is TTC, eminent domain, HPV mandates, appointments to Universities or the WashingtonKay website. His only focus is winning for Governor.

I am not surprised he has lost confidence with Republicans, he backtracked on secession right after speaking. Many conservative working women are backing Kay, they see her as woman that wants to make Texas better.

The poll saying they are neck in neck, is good news, because no one can rest until the primary is over. Real issues are out there, real differences, real party platform planks needs to be mulled over.

My hope is the real debates, the real issues can come out. The name calling can stop and the actual race can begin. I will be forever grateful to two women Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina, for making this Governor race a real race. It gives me hope that change even in Texas is possible.

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Is your property taxes at the same level for the last six years? Mine has been steadily climbing, despite my purposeful attempts to make it look worse on the outside!From 2001 to 2007 three properties on one peninsula were unchanged. I bet you cannot guess who they belonged to?

Well a couple were Sen Frazer, and one was Rick Perry’s. Oh they tried to go up but he hired a law firm. Then called Bracewell & Patterson it is now called Bracewell &  Guiliani. You may recall the name Bracewell & Guiliani, Bill White the Mayor of Houston hired them to make money for the Houston Airport. Details you can find HERE.

I have told you in the past TTC was never drawn west of I35. I did not know at the time Perry owned Horseshoe Bay property. I find it interesting that over and over you hear the same names.

Here is the article about what happened to Perry’s and Frazer’s Horseshoe Bay taxes. Look HERE.

Everyone can tell me over and over Perry is a conservative. If he is I cannot confirm it.

• TTC again and again
• Eminent Domain
• HPV Vaccine Mandate
• Appointments of Dierdre Delisi, Ted Houghton to TTC
• Forcing Regents to Resign
• Appointments of former staffers to cush jobs

Over and over he does things that are not conservative. It is cronyism over and over. Texas deserves a Republican choice for Governor. Anointing Perry will not make a conservative democrat or a conservative independent think we as Republicans have anything to offer further down the ticket.

I have said it many times Perry did this stuff, the great stuff like tort reform, Texas independence , reversals of HPV, and attempts to fix TTC were done by down the ticket Republicans in the House. These guys need our help and support, not the man making the mess.

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