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charter amendment
voted on in May that
stated, "The City has
the power to spend tax-
payer money to con-
struct and maintain
streets, roads, high-
ways, bike trails, side-
walks and mass transit
facilities, except that
no taxpayer money may
be spend on or contrac-
tually pledged to any
passenger train project
unless a public bus line
shall have first demon-
strated a need for train
service by having 500
intercity boardings in
Elgin per weekday, av-
eraged over three
months, connecting to
the City of Austin."
"I personally did a sci-
entific poll of regis-
tered Elgin voters. They
opposed the train by 98
to 2. The result on elec-
tion day was 63 to 37.
Informal exit polling
showed that many peo-
ple had difficulty with
the ballot language and
large numbers of peo-
ple voted No when they
really meant Yes," said
May after the election.
May met with a group
of concerned citizens
back in 2013 after a
public hearing at Elgin
High School on Sus-
tainable Places where a
presentation of a pro-
posed railroad project
was given.
"Subsequently, about
30 people got together
for a discussion. I was
invited to join them.
There were a lot of con-
cerns. One man wanted
to open an auto related
business on Central Av-
enue. He believed that
the new rules would
prohibit him from
doing that. Other peo-
ple were worried about
tax increases," said
May.
"Texas law says that
political groups must
form a committee to
take action. Kim Pena,
Charles Wood and Roy
Morris created the
committee. I agreed to
help them on a volun-
teer basis. Other peo-
ple also contributed
time and money to col-
lect signatures," he
said.
Unlike other com-
mittees that become
permanent institutions,
the Elgin Petitioners
Committee was created
for a single goal. Hav-
ing accomplished its
goal the committee will
dissolve itself this
month. The final meet-
ing will be on June 18,"
he said.
Asked how the num-
ber of 500 was set for
ridership before Elgin
could consider rail
service, May said, "All
transportation projects
are justified based on
projected usage. The
Charter Amendment
set an irrationally low
number of 500 for a
threshold. It should
have been at least
5,000. I am happy to
help Elgin get a good
bus system that will
carry 500 people each
day. It could be done in
two years. But the
Mayor doesn't seem to
want that. He wants a
train, or nothing."
Building projects
that don't have rider-
ship, like the Red Line
[in Austin], or don't
have many drivers, like
SH 130, wastes money.
That money could have
been spent on schools,
cancer research or wel-
fare benefits. Do we
want to have empty
trains running around
or take care of more
pressing needs?" asked
May.
Asked if that number
includes those resi-
dents within Elgin’s
ETJ as well as within
the city limits, May
replied, "Yes, they
could also come from
Taylor or McDade. Of
the 13 or 14 people who
ride the bus now, half
come from non-Elgin
homes."
Elgin City Council
members gave their
opinion last week on
the charter amendment
approved by voters in
May.
Mayor Pro-tem Chris
Cannon in Ward 3 felt
the charter amendment
did little to or for the
city.
"This Amendment
was little more than a
message. It came from
a group of people that
want to see us develop
roads and streets be-
fore developing rail.
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Finney, Patty. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 2015, newspaper, June 17, 2015; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1555288/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.