Re: “TxDOT plan for I-345 leaves council divided — Some members want to move now; others call for more analysis,” Tuesday news story. There exists a kind of...
Re: “TxDOT plan for I-345 leaves council divided — Some members want to move now; others call for more analysis,” Tuesday news story.
Both the Texas Department of Transportation and City Council member Cara Mendelsohn recognize this. Everything else is purely very expensive speculation.“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road.” — C.S. Lewis Why haven’t they seen a complete environmental study prior to election day? We’re talking about an airport, not a grocery store! This plan sounds like a long, risky road.
Thank you, Mayor Mike, for pointing out that “doing democracy” is hard work — that it’s always been hard. That many polls in 1976 showed Americans felt we had lost our way then during Watergate with generational discord, high inflation and unemployment. That most of us want democracy to succeed but not enough of us are willing to do our parts. That we are at our best when we do hard things individually and corporately.
I guess not in Texas, where positions on abortion rights and gun control legislation do not appear to reflect the majority opinion as well. Whose opinions are represented? Could it be lobbyists or campaign donors? Say it’s not so.Feb. 28: Parks Meadows Academy, Corsicana. March 1: Covenant Christian School, Conroe. March 3: San Jacinto Christian Academy, Amarillo. March 8: Brazos Christian School, Bryan. March 10: Grace Community School, Tyler.
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