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I pretty much figured that we didn't care the day the 1/4 percent sales tax went into effect with the promise that "we'll never, ever have to raise it and it'll generate so much money that we will never had to raise property taxes".

And the same Texans voted for the Lottery, 'cause we were told it it could go to education. Please do not kick me, I am just the messenger. I do not like big government. The fact remains that the Feds control the Interstate system. I have never been a fan of opening up the Texas Constitution to meddling. But it is done. Marching in the streets will not change that, much to the dismay of some. The best that we can do, IMHO, is work with our county government.

It doesn't much matter, one need only look at the current crop of pols (and prospective pols) to know what our problems are with no prospects of changing anything; we're getting what we deserve.

In the last ten years the budget for roads has stayed flat while spending on HHS has gone through the roof. No one seems to care.

We've got a Lt. Gov. who wants you to think that it's "all about the chillin". Seriously, check out his web site(s) and one would get the impression that he's head nanny. Oh, and as a good republican he was responsible for the legislation for adding, what was that number? 2k plus new CPS agents?

I guess it'd be nice to be able to work with county goobermint but now with ETJs and the throughly vile transportation districts they've managed to stack the politburo to the point where it's not controllable by the residents of a single county; you'd need a total revolt in multiple counties to change direction.

I've come to the conclusion that Claytie had it right... expect it shouldn't have been about bad weather....