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Page 2A ★ Wi\t Bastrop UdOCltlSCl' Saturday, June 9,2007
Bastrop Police
Department Chief David
L. Board announce Officer
Christopher Castro as the
Employee of the Month for
May 2007. Officer Castro is
currently enrolled in night
studies and pursuing a
degree in criminal justice.
Cook looks back at session
Returning home from 140
days of the Texas Legislative
Session, State Representative
Robby Cook (D-Eagle Lake),
announced that the legislature
has enacted reforms which
will assist rural volunteer fire
departments, protect property
owners from eminent domain
and stop the Trans-Texas
Corridor for two years.
"The people of District
17 sent me here to get some
things done, and I'm proud to
say we were able to get them
done," Cook said. "The Trans-
Texas Corridor and the unfair
eminent domain proceedings
were main concerns and we
were able to address them."
Senate Bill 792b by
Sen. Tommy Williams (R-
Woodlands) Rep. Wayne
Smith (R-Baytown) contains
a two-year moratorium that
will slow construction of the
Trans Texas Corridor, particu-
larly TTC-69. The intent of
the legislation is on record in
favor of halting any TTC con-
struction contract from being
signed or executed during the
moratorium.
In addition, the bill cre-
ates a formal legislative study
committee to research and
report on public policy impli-
cations of private partnership
toll projects. This will pro-
vide the public a substantive
opportunity to participate in
the discussion of future pub-
lic-private partnerships (PPP),
including how they might be
used to accomplish the TTC.
In addition, House
Bill 2667 by Rep. Thomas
Latham, allows the Texas
Forestry Service to adopt
rules to assist rural Volunteer
Fire Departments to pro-
vide payments of Workers
Compensation, and Accidental
Death & Disability insurance
in times of high wildfires.
Also, Rep. David Swinford
(R-Dumas) was able to attach
language to HB 3315 by Jim
Keffer (R-Eastland), that
increases HB 2604 Grant
Program which is adminis-
tered by the Texas Forestry
Service by $15 million, allo-
cating $5 million toward the
Wildfire Protection Program.
"It is of the utmost impor-
tance that we make sure our
volunteer fire fighters are
taken care of when they are
protecting our homes and for-
ests," Cook said. "This gives
those fire fighters the peace of
mind that the State of Texas
will be there for them if they
are hurt helping their neigh-
bors."
HB 2006 by Rep. Beverly
Wooley restores property
owner protections by requir-
ing bona fide offers for the
purchase of property, ensur-
ing constitutionally protected
adequate and just compen-
sation, and ensures that a
person's property is taken by
the power of eminent domain
only for a truly traditional
public use.
"We had situations where
they were trying to take peo-
ple's homes and give them
to businesses for profit, and
that's not right," Cook said.
"We value a person's home
and property more than any-
thing in this state, and the
legislature has said you have
to a have a real good reason
to take that away."
HB 12, by Rep. Harvey
Hilderbran, created $140 mil-
lion for state park funding.
However, all of the funds from
the sporting goods tax will not
be dedicated to state parks. It
establishes a legislative task
force to review the items that
are included in the definition
of "sporting goods" and deter-
mine if there is a correlation
between each individual item
included and activities related
to state parks, local parks,
coastal erosion, and deter-
mine the amount of revenue
that must be generated to fund
the policy decisions made by
the 80th Legislature regarding
state parks, local parks, and
coastal erosion.
"I have supported the badly
needed increase in our state
park funding, and I am glad
that we have provided a start
to restoring excellence to our
parks," said Cook.
Agenda
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biggest addition to the city since
it acquired the power to take in
adjoining areas without the prior
consent of property owners. At a
series of hearings on the issue
earlier this year, however, there lias
been little public reaction.
The council is also expected to
approve amendments to the current
budget in order to reflect spending
decisions the council lias already
approved. Also on the agenda is the
final vote on creating a Municipal
Sign Review Board and authoriz-
ing it to act on all requests for
variances to the current city sign
regulations.
Talbot said the council will also
hold hearings on a series of amend-
ments to development regulations,
including rules which govern drain-
age issues, some platting issues and
traffic impact studies conducted m
connection with development pro-
posals.
The proposed new rules need
to be put into place quickly to
address gaps and conflicts in cur-
rent regulations, said Talbot. Later
this year he expects to ask the
council endorse a more sweeping
revision of Bastrop's subdivision
regulations and development rules
and requirements.
A light agenda Tuesday likely
will require a more serious session
June 26 when the council needs to
act on some major development
proposals, said Talbot.
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Paid Advertisement
Government negl gence fosters
illegal alien issues
In 1986; the United States
government granted amnesty
to 2.8 million illegal aliens and
criminalized the act of know-
ingly hiring illegal aliens there-
after. Since then, at least 12
million people have sneaked
into the United States illegally.
That is equivalent to ten percent
of Mexico's entire population,
most of whom have no intention
of assimilating into American
culture.
This invasion force from the
south is now encumbering our
education and health care sys-
tems to the point of failure while
lowering US wages, clogging
our legal system, and swelling
the ranks of street gangs that
serve as Mexican drug cartels'
private distribution networks in
the United States.
Undeniably, today's immi-
gration problems are caused by
the negligence of career poli-
ticians who have violated the
public trust by failing to secure
our borders, ignoring their obli-
gation to enforce existing immi-
gration laws.
The Congressional report, "A
Line in the Sand: Confronting the
Threat at the Southwest Border,*'
says; "During 2005, Border Pa-
trol apprehended approximately
I.2 million illegal aliens." It also
suggests that 5.4% of captured
illegal aliens are from "countries
of interest," that is, terrorist na-
tions or terror sponsoring nations.
How many were not captured?
It also cites: "Since September
II, 2001, DHS has reported a
41% increase in arrests along the
Texas/Mexico border of Special
Interest Aliens."
If Congress and the President
ignore the lessons of history,
once again sweeping the nations'
immigration problems under a
carpet of blanket amnesty, then
the presence of hundreds, if not
thousands of suspected terror-
ists or terrorist supporters in our
country illegally today will be
legitimized. That puts terrorist
enemies, whom our own govern-
ment has allowed to come into
our midst, at ease being at liberty
in public, improving their effec-
tiveness. That is why blanket am-
nesty of all illegal aliens would
be not only an irresponsible act
of negligence and incompetence,
but also a treasonous act which
should never be overlooked nor
forgiven.
For two decades, illegal
aliens have subverted our laws
for the sake of jobs, educa-
tion, health care and social ser-
vices that should rightfully go
to legitimate immigrants and
natural citizens - all with the
government's passive consent.
Yes, some family members of
this invasion force are innocent
victims. But the fact that govern-
ment created this snarled mess
does not excuse them to white-
wash it - again - heedless of the
consequences to our society and
our nation's safety, particularly
in a time of war.
Some elected officials now
seek to shirk their responsi-
bilities by granting blanket am-
nesty to illegal aliens, which
they would undoubtedly laud as
"public service" in coming elec-
tion campaigns. Citizens who
passively allow that to happen
deserve to live with all the mis-
erable consequences. Unfortu-
nately, the rest of us do not.
Paid for by concerned citizens in Bastrop County, citizen@texas.net
Next Week's Meetings
The following governmental entities in Bastrop
County and surrounding area have meetings scheduled
next week. All are open to the public.
Monday
■ Elgin Main Street Advisory Board meets at 6:30
p.m. at the Library Civic Center, 404 North Main St.
■ Bastrop Coutny commissioners meet at 9 a.m.
on the second floor of the Courthouse Annex, 804
Pecan St.
Tuesday
■ Elgin Economic Development Corp. meets at 6:30
p.m. at the city hall annex, 310 North Main St.
■ Bastrop City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. at City
Hall, 902 Main st.
Congratulations
Congratulations go to RamiroJ. Rodriguez
who graduated from the Class of 2007
with many honors.
He graduated from Lutheran High North,
a private school in Houston, Texas on
Saturday, May 26,2007. He was honored
with Magna Cum Laude. He was recog-
nized in the National Honor Society. He
excelled in Soccer.
His parents are Samuel and Linda Rodriguez and brother, Sam-
uel Rodriguez of Houston. His Uncle Jose M. Rodriguez and
his Great Grandmother Isabel Castillo of Houston. His proud
Grandparents Sam and Mary Rodriguez of Cedar Creek and his
Aunt Ellie Rodriguez of Bastrop.
He plans to attend Baylor University in Waco where he will
be studying Pre-Medical. He received the Baylor's Dean Merit
Scholarship. We are ail very proud of him.
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mitted for publication, in its sole discretion.
We will not knowingly accept any advertisement that we consider potentially mis-
leading, deceptive, offensive, discriminatory, that may infringe the rights (including
trademark and copyright) of any person or entity, or that otherwise may be inap-
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ments, for failure to publish in a timely manner, or for any damages caused there-
by. The sole remedy for failure to publish in a timely manner shall be refund of
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advertiser for the space in which the error or omission occurred, which may be
less than the cost of the entire advertisement. We reserve the right to correct or
republish an advertisement in lieu of any refund.
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For information, call 303-6665.
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