House Transportation Chairman Mike Krusee is attempting to call in the BIG bad feds to chastise the Legislature for DARING to pass a veto-proof moratorium. Read the letter from the feds here. Now mind you, the Federal Highway Administration is writing letters stating HB 1892 conflicts with federal rules about payment for right of way and is threatening the usual, to yank federal highway money. But the bill now explicitly addresses these rules. So chalk this up to Krusee, the Governor, and TxDOT huffing and puffing in an empty attempt to blow our bill down…
Funny thing is, these same ol’ bullying tactics only heighten the Legislature’s resolve to rein in this rogue agency. They’re tired of it and so are the taxpayers forced to pay for such ilk…