TxDOT

Texas needs your help to reduce the number of toll roads. Many of us concerned about the TranTexas Corridor, NAFTA, and all this toll road business recently received a newsletter from the good folks at Texas TURF (Texas Uniting for Reform and Freedom). If you are interested also, here are a few things you can do:

1) Join Texas TURF and help spread the word and volunteer your services and some money by visiting http://texasturf.org/alerts/?p=subscribe

Dateline, November 17, Austin, Texas as reported in the Houston Chronicle on the same date: TxDOT aims to tighten purse strings. Deficit may top $1.8 billion by fiscal 2012 with current slate of road projects.

Seems there’s a funding shortfall. Could we say poor financial management or foresight? I don’t know. I’m new to this. Maybe you’d know. But it seems big time cuts are coming. Now THIS I’ve heard before when my energy and efforts were focused on the state school system. It’s gone to hell in a hand basket and if you are one of the more than 60,000 families in Texas with a severely mentally, physically or mixed handicapped member, you and that member are pretty much on your own. However, roads have the ability to grow money, especially if our governor and president have their ways (and when have they not?)