Christopher Paxton

Christopher Paxton

Democrats: The No-Show Party
Democrats: The No-Show Party
Senate Democrats had better things to do than attend today’s hearing on transportation. Not a single Democrat on the Senate Transportation Committee...
RMAs: Repeated Malfeasance Authorities
RMAs: Repeated Malfeasance Authorities
Regional Mobility Authorities (RMAs) tasked with transportation projects in certain areas of the Lone Star State are engaged in waste and...
Houston Officials Bury Their Heads In The Sand
Houston Officials Bury Their Heads In The Sand
Houston’s elected officials are continuing to endanger the prosperity of our state’s largest and most economically vibrant city by ignoring...
TXDOT’s $1.4 billion blank check for tolls
TXDOT’s $1.4 billion blank check for tolls
Supporters of Proposition 1 (Prop 1) who oppose new tolled roads are in for a shock: given TXDOT’s fund swapping practices, any funding restrictions...
Liberals’ Favorite Republican
Liberals’ Favorite Republican
Kevin Eltife – known best in Austin for his desire to raise taxes – is back at it, clamoring for more spending while bashing conservatives in the...
TXDOT Playing with Toys
TXDOT Playing with Toys
Citizens should be pleased to know that tax dollars used for projects known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are being well-spent….on toys. At...
TXDOT’s Race To Waste
TXDOT’s Race To Waste
At the same time Texans are being told there’s no more money for road building, the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) of the Texas...
North Texas Toll Fight
North Texas Toll Fight
Mayors of Plano, Allen, and Richardson recently spoke against their state and county elected officials as well as many of their constituents,...
Bipartisan Poison Pill
Bipartisan Poison Pill
What do the House Republican leadership and the liberal Democrat candidate for Lt. Governor have in common? Both take positions opposite that of the...
Tone-deaf TxDOT
Tone-deaf TxDOT
The Texas Department of Transportation is suffering from a lack of hearing—public hearings that is. As of this writing, the Texas Transportation...
TXDOT’s driverless leadership
TXDOT’s driverless leadership
TXDOT continues to be the best parody of itself. At the last Texas Transportation Commission meeting, leaders of the agency planned to approve a...
Netroots Education Panel: Kill School Choice
Netroots Education Panel: Kill School Choice
Five out of five progressive education activists at Netroots Nation agree: there cannot be choice or competition. Why? Their plans for the status quo...