The chairman of the budget-writing House Appropriations Committee said a call from a reporter was his first notice of the agency's move.
"I'm kind of surprised they didn't talk to us about that," said Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa. "You'd think ... before they announced it they'd talk to the appropriators.
"It's almost to the point you wonder if the agency hasn't got so big, they're another branch of government we're not aware of," said Chisum, who previously has taken issue with such agency decisions as its projected expenditure of $7 million to $9 million to promote the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor plan and toll roads.
Stunning! A responsible government agency seeks to stay within its means and the 1st word from the overseeing government is, "Hey, you can't spend less than we let you! If we want to run big deficits, the by god, we will run big deficits. Don't YOU be telling us what big deficits we can or can't run. This is our government money, by god, and if you are NOT going to live within your means unless we say you can live within your means. Got it? We run the joint. Now go borrow and spend until we say otherwise."
Just stunning.
Rudy is knee deep in these Tx projects.
Heaven forbid he becomes POTUS, Perry will likely become VP
Stunning! A responsible government agency seeks to stay within its means and the 1st word from the overseeing government is,
Texas still has a very good road system but they do have some issues with maintenance and construction/expansion projects. One thing I truly dislike is their piecemeal approach to expansion projects. They have been widening I-45 south of Dallas down to Corsicana for the last how many years I can’t remember [20+]. They work on a 6-10 section for a few years, complete it and move to the next 6-10 mile section. It takes forever to complete major stretch.
Louisiana has some major road problems but I came down from I-20, Monroe area to I-10, Lake Charles area on US 167 a couple months ago. They’re working on the entire 175 mile section of which maybe 50 miles are complete and the remaining 125 miles are under construction. At least when it’s done the entire road will be four laned and completed.
You forgot your sarcasm tag....