New Leadership at TCRP with Rosemary Edwards
The TCRP (Travis Coutnry Republican Party) will have new leadership this year. A few weeks ago, Rosemary Edwards threw her hat in the ring to run as TCRP Chair. The current Chairman Alan Sager announced his retirement almost immediately, clearing the way for new leadership. Rosemary Edwards has been locally active and a precinct chair for the last few years, and should be able to pull together the activist base and unify a local party that has been a bit frayed.
Travis Republicans seem as rare as a Barton Creek salamander these days, with just a handful of Republicans elected in Travis - Commissioner Gerald Daugherty, JP Judge Bembry, and Constable Bob Vann; leaving about 50 other county and below seats to the Democrats, as well as all six state Representatives. In 2002 the Republicans had three of the six Travis House seats, so it's been a drastic decline.
When you've had a rough few years for Travis Republicans and you are down this much, you can only go up. In 2008, we have Republican candidates in four of the six House seats in Travis, and Don Zimmerman is running for the Travis county tax assessor post. It's time for a fresh start for the TCRP, and the new leadership of Rosemary Edwards at TCRP will be good for local Republicans and good for travis county voters.
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Commish Gerald Daugherty needs to be fired this year.
Daugherty voted to divert $910 million tax dollars to pay for the next set of Austin toll roads that will shift portions of 71W, 71E, 183, 290W and 290E into toll ways.
Fire Gerald "The Oak Hill Toller" Daugherty in 2008!
http://salcostello.blogspot.com/
Regarding Sal Costello's comment, why pick on Daugherty? What about the balance of the COMPO members (the vote was not close) who voted exactly as he did? Shouldn't they be lambasted too? It's one CAMPO member, one vote.
I suppose Sal would rather us have Jennifer Kim be in Daugherty's place since she voted against the plan. Right?
First,
GO ROSEMARY!!
The Anti-Toll Party would rather us pay 3 times as much for a state highway that takes 4 times longer to build than fund a tollway. Gerald Daugherty has defended his tollway vote openly and honestly and has openly challenged anybody to present a better plan.
Considering the current reality of highway funding because of the Legislature's desire to pay for public education and health care, the only option to build any new transportation infrastructure is tollways or public transportation.
While the tollway plan is imperfect, it is the only way to quickly build new roads. There needs to a public referendum on some of these plans and on the office of the Transportation Commissioner as it will help to flush out better ideas and strategies for public infrastructure.
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