[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And yes, I am aware that Chris Greene is a sports editor. Moving right along...

Perry sold out the rural areas

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[Maeve]

You Texans need to find a way to impeach this snake Perry.

[Hazcat]

What are the chances of the veto being overturned?

[bobjam]

Does “public use” necessitate “public ownership”?

If a government owned turnpike authority can exercise eminent domain to take land to build a publicly used toll road financed by bonds purchased by investors, then could the government exercise eminent domain to take land so that a group of investors can build a publicly used toll road?

[Ben Ficklin]

It gets sickening listening to all the farmers whine about how much money the taxpayers owe them, whether it is for condemned property or their ag supports.

Kenneth Dierschke, Farm Bureau President mentioned in the article as complaining, is on the ag subsidy list to the tune of $404,878.71. And if that is not enough, there are 33 members of the Dierschke family sucking those ag supports. Poor little rich kid Kenneth ain't even at the top of the list.

[wolfcreek]

“In an Associated Press story, which appeared here in the Herald-Press, it was pointed out that after the Legislature passed the measure the governor’s office began hearing phone calls from, “fast-growing cities and counties asking him to veto the bill.”

I can vouch for this. I have a relative who works for a county in the Houston area. He is an attorney who does condemnation cases. He told me all the counties and most of the lawmakers and judges in the area wanted this bill vetoed. These same areas also were exempted from the toll road moratorium.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Perry’s acquiescence to big business is no surprise. He talked tough on border security during his re-election campaign, then dramatically changed his tone after the election when talking to business leaders who rely on immigrant labor. And sadly, eminent domain has no doubt been filed in the same place as true property tax relief for Texas homeowners.

One also has to wonder if Perry’s veto is simply payback to legislators who overturned his executive order on mandatory cervical cancer vaccines and spurned other Perry agenda items. If so, it’s just one more black mark for his less-than-inspiring governorship.

Chris Greene deserves a raise.

I guess someone paid Governor Perry a visit, and made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

[ken21]

yes, perry did.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Check out the link in post #1. The guy who wrote it should be writing something more challenging than sports.