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OPINION
antigens Adbocate • OCTOBER 6, 2006
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Another View
• by Jean Murph
Trusting the Pilot
It was apropos for my nephew to send me the following email this week, as
I will be flying tomorrow for the first time in 18 years! I guess I developed a little
flying phobia, maybe related to my problems with D/FW Airport, but more likely
it was my desire not to abandon my kids at younger ages. They need me now, so
here I go. See you soon.
State Capitol
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
The Email:
Sometimes You Have to Trust the Pilot
""
AUSTIN - Details of Cintra/Zachry’s
proposed contract to build the “Trans
Texas Corridor” project have been made
public by the Texas Department of Trans-
portation.
Cintra, a Spanish firm, says the toll
road part of the 50-year-long construction
project will cost more than $8 billion.
The Project Cost document, Chapter
4, has a chart showing that main lanes of
the road will cost about $5.8 million per
mile, while frontage roads will come in at
$2.6 million per mile. “Fully Directional”
interchanges will set taxpayers back more
than $49 million each. Bridges will cost a
little more than $1.7 million per crossing.
Also budgeted is a line item for cus-
tomer service and public relations, at
$30,360 per mile, per year.
Anyone who has a fast computer con-
nection and plenty of time to read can go
to the state agency’s Web site and down-
load the contract and related documents:
31 different files in all.
Plans include separate lanes for pas-
senger vehicles and large trucks, freight
railways, high-speed commuter railways,
and infrastructure for utilities including:
• water lines
• oil and gas pipelines, and
• transmission lines for electricity,
broadband and other telecommunications
services.
If the 600-odd mile highway project
becomes a reality, drivers will have an al-
ternative to Interstate 35, which runs from
Laredo through San Antonio, Austin and
Dallas-Fort Worth to the Oklahoma bor-
der.
There’s also a high-speed rail compo-
nent to the Trans Texas Corridor Project,
and its cost is estimated at more than $8
billion. Plans are for rail lines to connect
San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Fort
Worth.
At public hearings around the state, op-
position so far has been registered by land
and other property owners along the pro-
posed construction route, anti-tax groups
and individuals and government watch-
dogs.
A final vote on the project is forthcom-
ing
AG rules on license scanning
The attorney general ruled there is no
conflict in state laws about this: “before
completing the sale of a product contain-
ing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or
norpseudoephedrine, a business establish-
ment that engages in those sales shall re-
quire the person making the purchase to
display a driver’s license and make record
of the sale ... including the number of
grams purchased.”
Those substances can be used in the
manufacture of illegal methamphetamine.
State Sen. Leticia Van De Putte, D-San
Antonio, asked Attorney General Greg
Abbott to render the opinion.
Her Senate Bill 164, requiring the license
scanning, was signed into law by Gov.
Rick Perry in 2005.
Child support debit card debuts
Parents who receive child support
through the state’s San Antonio child sup-
port disbursement office can use a credit-
card style debit card instead of cashing a
paper check.
The Attorney General’s office said the
cards are accepted at grocery stores and
other retailers, and can be used to make
cash withdrawals.
On-air debates scheduled
Candidates for governor will square off
in Dallas on October 6 at 7 p.m. in their
only televised debate. The hourlong forum
will be broadcast from the studios of
KERA-TV. Broadcast rights are owned by
Belo Corp., the owner of The Dallas Morn-
ing News.
Also, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison,
R-Texas, will meet challengers Barbara Ann
Radnofsky, Democrat, and Scott Jameson,
Libertarian, in a debate on October 19. The
debate will be broadcast at 9 p.m. by PBS
affiliate KLRN-TV San Antonio.
Lottery year was biggest yet
The Texas Lottery set a sales record in
the fiscal year that ended August 31, bring-
ing in $3.8 million.
The previous record was set in 1997
when lottery customers bought $3.7 mil-
lion worth of tickets.
Anti-litter slogan wins top award
“Don’t Mess With Texas” was voted
America’s top slogan September 29 in a
national contest that pitted it against such
well-known jingles as Nike’s “Just Do It”
and Burger King’s “Have It Your Way.”
The Citizens’ Advocate (USPS 750-270) is published each week by Danmara,
Inc., 446 W. Bethel, Coppell, TX 75019. Subscription rates are $15 per year.
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Publisher: Jean Murph
Associate Publisher: Lou Duggan
Manager: Kathryn Walker
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