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Reps. Price, Smithee turn their backs on 'local control'
I know these two men well and have developed a lot of professional respect for them, but Texas state Reps. Four Price and John Smithee of Amarillo have disappointed me.
The two Republican lawmakers have put their names on a bill that would allow the Legislature to disallow the deployment of red-light cameras. Cities that deem there is a need to use the equipment to stop motorists from breaking…
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Reps. Price, Smithee turn their backs on 'local control'
I know these two men well and have developed a lot of professional respect for them, but Texas state Reps. Four Price and John Smithee of Amarillo have disappointed me.
The two Republican lawmakers have put their names on a bill that would allow the Legislature to disallow the deployment of red-light cameras. Cities that deem there is a need to use the equipment to stop motorists from breaking…
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Amarillo boosting its red-light camera deployment
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is on record saying he believes the state ought to yank cities’ authority to deploy red-light cameras at dangerous intersections.
Amarillo has responded to that declaration by increasing the number of cameras it has posted around the city from nine to 12.
Take that, Gov. Abbott!
I remain a supporter of the technology that the city uses to assist in catching red-light…
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Amarillo boosting its red-light camera deployment
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is on record saying he believes the state ought to yank cities’ authority to deploy red-light cameras at dangerous intersections.
Amarillo has responded to that declaration by increasing the number of cameras it has posted around the city from nine to 12.
Take that, Gov. Abbott!
I remain a supporter of the technology that the city uses to assist in catching red-light…
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Time to re-calibrate political antennae
Twenty-three years in the Texas Panhandle gave me an up-close look at politics in one of the state’s most reliably Republican regions.
I’m no longer living there full time. I hesitate to say my wife and I have severed our ties to the Panhandle, because we haven’t … exactly. We’re still making periodic trips back to check on family matters.
But the fact remains that we’re registered to vote in…
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A new trio forms a 'Three Amigos' team
I was fond years ago of referring to three Republican Texas state representatives as the “Three Amigos.”
They were Reps. John Smithee of Amarillo, David Swinford of Dumas and Warren Chisum of Pampa. Two of them — Swinford and Chisum — have retired from the Texas Legislature; only Smithee remains in public life. Indeed, Smithee is one of the longest-tenured members of the Texas House of…
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Slow 'em down along Russell Long Blvd.
West Texas A&M University officials believe traffic moves too rapidly along Russell Long Boulevard, which borders the northern edge of the WT campus in Canyon.
It’s now working with the Texas Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the thoroughfare. Canyon City Hall has joined the effort, too.
WT is building a football stadium on its campus. Russell Long Boulevard — named after…
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The wisdom of the men legislating our bodies
