Link to article here. We could all use some laughter over this toll road fight, and Col. Ken Allard gladly delivers. Let the insurgency begin!
Ken Allard: Give TxDOT red light before it goes too far
San Antonio Express-News
10/17/2007
Forgive me, fellow Texans, but I’m just a newcomer who looks ridiculous in a cowboy [...]

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Mr. Allard and his buddy, Will, use humor to demonstrate what is obvious to your average San Antonian (but apparently not to the bureaucrats at TxDOT)…we live under the rule of King TxDOT and the politicos and highway lobby that pulls its strings. Oh, and Mr. Allard, rest assured, the San Antonio [...]

This was forwarded to us…too funny!
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How to drive in San Antonio-
1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name. It is: “San Tone”.
2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 am to noon. The evening rush hour
is from noon to 7:00 pm. Friday’s rush hour starts on Thursday morning.
3. The minimum acceptable speed on [...]

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Chongqing, China, March 21, 2007—No man is an island. But developers in China have made one couple face an unusual type of island living after the homeowners refused to sell.
Wu Ping and her husband were the only family of 281 to reject a 2004 offer of a new house or financial compensation [...]

Our seasons, which there are only two, are summer and construction

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Oh, my sides are splitting with laughter! TxDOT and the highway lobby cozy up at Bill Miller’s across from the MPO (and a whole lot of other places) as a matter of practice, and what gets their goat? The ONE occasion they witness a public official hearing from a citizen on their [...]

Well, it’s official. TxDOT has approved its first public-private partnership concession agreement (read about it here) with a foreign-owned company to build, operate, and maintain the southern leg of Hwy 130 as a toll road. They weren’t kidding when they said “Texas is Open for Business” (read about this obscenely crass workshop for the benefit [...]

And I thought toll roads were safer?

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