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Statement on TxDOT Sunset Report
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
For years, politics have played far too big a role in transportation issues. Needless battles have overwhelmed efforts to address our state's ever-worsening congestion. And information has too often been…
CAMPO Decision Tree Takes Root
Thursday, May 08, 2008
by Katherine GregorAustin Chronicle
"It's a very significant point in the history of transportation planning in this community," heralded Sen. KirkWatson. After five months, the Transit Working Group this week unanimously endorsed a new,…
Streetcar Blow-Up
Thursday, May 01, 2008
by Katherine GregorAustin Chronicle
Contrary to what was reported in a front-page Statesman article and editorial this past week, the city of Austin has not in fact abandoned plans for a streetcar, nor has…
TCEQ Letter on E-Waste Rules
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MC 100
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Dear Chairman Garcia:
I understand that the Commission…
Federal study to look at coal plants’ impact on Austin air
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
by Elise HuKVUE News
State lawmakers are looking at smog solutions, now that federal clean air standards have been strengthened.If Austin has trouble meeting the new smog standards, the Environmental Protection Agency will require…
MSNBC and Me
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
by Kirk WatsonSo . . . That really happened.
On Tuesday night, after an important and historic victory in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary by Senator Barack Obama, I appeared on the
Speech to the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. You're doing so much to lay the groundwork for Texas' prosperity in the 21st Century.
The secret, which…
$1 billion error caused cash crunch
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
by Ben WearAustin American-Statesman
The Texas Department of Transportation made a billion-dollar error, officials of the agency admitted Tuesday under stern questioning from legislators, a mistake they said contributed significantly to TxDOT's sudden cash…
Lawmakers question transportation officials on cash flow issues
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
by April CastroAssociated Press
Lawmakers on Tuesday accused state transportation officials of falsely blaming the Legislature for their own poor financial planning and creating an exaggerated public impression of budgetary woes to promote private…
Texas lawmakers aren’t sure transportation department’s numbers add up
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
by Michael A. LindenbergerDallas Morning News
Just how broke is TxDOT really?
Lawmakers will be asking that Tuesday during a joint session of the Senate finance and transportation committees.
For most of last summer and fall,…
Watson issues statement on the joint Transportation and Finance committee hearing
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
"Texans today saw convincing evidence of a fact that many of us have known – they cannot trust the Texas Department of Transportation or the policies that are consigning Texas…
The Next Wave: Speech to Environmental Defense
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thank you very much for having me here tonight. And thanks for the nice honor of it. It feels a little weird being honored by Environmental Defense, since so much…
Meals on Wheels and More can do much more with $1.4 million
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
by Andrea BallAustin-American Statesman
Luis Bella leaned against a 60-gallon soup kettle in the Meals on Wheels and More kitchen, watching the power brokers meet the media.
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, Rep. Warren Chisum,…
Watson still has questions about tollway money
Thursday, December 27, 2007
by Ben WearAustin American-Statesman
State Sen. Kirk Watson earlier this month had asked for answers from the Texas Department of Transportation about why the agency is several hundred million dollars short for Austin toll…
Like cars in traffic, gas tax doesn’t budge
Thursday, December 27, 2007
by The Editorial BoardAustin American-Statesman
The refusal of most state political leaders to even consider raising taxes, no matter how popular the use for the revenue or how obvious the need, is costing the state…
