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And the TTC? He displayed an arrogance equal only to Obama on that issue. And it aint dead yet...

If you ever drive I-35 through central Texas, and don't want to see some kind of improved North-South transporational corridor through Texas, I don't know what to say about that. We need to improve the transporation infrastructure with something that will accommodate interstate commerce, intrastate traffic flow, and growth. The only way to accommodate that is going to be a combination of Federal funding for the interstate highway system and foreign investment, unless you want to see HUGE taxpayer funding far beyond what most taxpayers would want to see. Some aspects of the various TTC proposals are very unappealing, while other aspects of some of the TTC proposals make a lot of sense.

What is your suggestion for improving the capacity of the I-35 corridor just to bring up to adequacy for current demand, let alone accommodating the growth of the next few years?

Yes I have driven that way and might have the unfortunate opportunity to do it again soon.
I am not anti-progress either. I merely wanted to mention that the way Perry managed the TTC issue is the same way that Obamba has managed the Healthcare issue; Ram it through no matter what the opposition says. I studied the TTC issue and it was like an onion that stunk more and more as each layer was peeled off. I went to some of the meetings and they were just like the healthcare town hall meeting: pissed off people raging at non-caring bureaucrats. In the end, Perry was FORCED to back off.

Just remember that Perry was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat and he had supported Senator Al Gore.

On February 2, 2007, Perry issued an executive order mandating that Texas girls be vaccinated with Gardasil.

Just think about that for a minute. It still staggers the mind.

I offer these musings only as a counterweight to the heavy Perry-Bot presence on these Medina threads. Personally, I have no use for any of the potential candidates...