Richard Morrison For Fort Bend County Commissioner

At last week's meeting of the Fort Bend Democrats, Richard Morrisson, a long-time Fort Bend Democrat and former congressional candidate, announced what we had all been anticipating for months: he will seek the Democratic nomination for Fort Bend County Commissioner - Precinct 1.

I was not there, but I heard about it later. As quoted in FortBendNow, here is what Richard told the Fort Bend Democrats:

"Everyone in Briarwood and Greatwood is furious about this toll road. How can they trust their commissioner to do anything, because he may have taken a contribution from a road-builder, and now he’s sitting in the audience. You’ve got to take a stand for these people"

You have to have been there, and I wasn't, but what Richard was referring to was the proposed Section C of the Grand Parkway Toll Road that has the tacit approval of Tom Stavinoha, who currently sits in the Precinct 1 County Commissioner's seat.

Ask just about everyone in county government and they hold up their hands as if they were tied by gordian knots. They have no leverage, they say, to influence decisions at TXDOT.

My question is, are we talking leverage or are we talking wealth? Do those in county government truly desire leverage to come to the aid of beseiged Precinct 1 residents? Or do they and their cronies desire the construction projects and the land deals that would necessarily result as new areas of the county become more accessible with the building of the toll road?

My answer to the question is the latter. Richard Morrison is more succinct in his response to county government claims of impotence.

"That's bullcrap".

More on this at Half Empty.