A government outfit known as the Trinity River Vision Authority is trying to use Eminent Domain, Earmarks, Extreme Environmentalism, and almost every other vice of this horrific decade to take land and money from taxpayers for a private real estate development.
The Trinity is beautiful from a distance. Up close, according to Channel 8, it's still filled with feces, much like the Trinity River Vision Authority. Here's a picture from one of last summer's TRVA events, featuring people floating around in your old sewage:
The original plan was to turn part of the Trinity into something like San Antonio's "Riverwalk". That stunk too much of cronyism even for our slumbering citizenry, so now the emphasis is on flood control. It's now a safety project that just happens to have major real estate developments, theatres, restaurants, etc. along its banks.
It's had the usual cost overages:
The politically-connected are all in place:
And the usual victims (you) are on the hook for any failures. Socialize The Cost; Privatize The Profit !!!!
And now, from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, comes this bit of greatness about the Tarrant Regional Water District Board, the outfit responsible for the necessary thefts, looting and dredging required to build Lake Granger:
Unbelievable !!! And we're probably going to put up with it, like a bunch of compliant sheep !!
Had this happened to any reasonably alert group of voters, the hardware stores would already be sold out of pitchforks and torches. Good Lord in heaven. When are we going to wake up ????
There is an alternative to this madness, called the Trinity River Improvement Partnership. They're trying to act as a Granger watchdog group, and to present an alternative plan. Hit the link. Please help them out any way you can.
The Trinity is beautiful from a distance. Up close, according to Channel 8, it's still filled with feces, much like the Trinity River Vision Authority. Here's a picture from one of last summer's TRVA events, featuring people floating around in your old sewage:
The original plan was to turn part of the Trinity into something like San Antonio's "Riverwalk". That stunk too much of cronyism even for our slumbering citizenry, so now the emphasis is on flood control. It's now a safety project that just happens to have major real estate developments, theatres, restaurants, etc. along its banks.
It's had the usual cost overages:
The politically-connected are all in place:
And the usual victims (you) are on the hook for any failures. Socialize The Cost; Privatize The Profit !!!!
And now, from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, comes this bit of greatness about the Tarrant Regional Water District Board, the outfit responsible for the necessary thefts, looting and dredging required to build Lake Granger:
In a 3-2 vote, the Tarrant Regional Water District board voted to shift its election date for three board seats from May 2012 to May 2013. Vic Henderson, chair of the water board, said the switch was made to bring the water district's election date in line most of the other Tarrant County governmental entities that have shifted to odd rather than even years. But the water board, which historically has been known for casting unanimous votes, was split on the issue. Board members Hal Sparks and Jim Lane voted against the issue, saying they felt the water code was clear that elections should be held in odd years even though the water district had obtained a letter from the Secretary of State's office saying they could move the date. Sparks, Henderson and board member Jack Stevens were slated to be up for re-election but will now serve for another year. Sparks said he felt like he made an agreement with voters to serve four years when he was elected and voted his conscience on the issue. But he said he plans to serve the remainder of his term.They are postponing their own elections for a year !!! They are postponing their own elections for a year !!!
Unbelievable !!! And we're probably going to put up with it, like a bunch of compliant sheep !!
Had this happened to any reasonably alert group of voters, the hardware stores would already be sold out of pitchforks and torches. Good Lord in heaven. When are we going to wake up ????
There is an alternative to this madness, called the Trinity River Improvement Partnership. They're trying to act as a Granger watchdog group, and to present an alternative plan. Hit the link. Please help them out any way you can.
3 comments:
They learned that trick from Hugo Chavez.
How I hate that we're living in a "Post-pitchfork and torches" society. Great article about a jacked up situation.
It was actually a flood control project first. Tx H.B. 2639 gave the TRWD the power of eminent domain for economic development. Then, when the U.S. Supreme Count ruled on the Kelo case, the way was paved for the project to also be an economic development project. The instances of this type of abuse have grown by leaps and bounds all over the country ever since.
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