Embryonically Speaking…

I learned a lesson from the Texas Department of Transportation this past week when I spoke at a public hearing challenging the Trans-Texas Corridor.

The corridor that would affect Central Texas is called TTC 35. Numerous public hearings are being held around the state, and a complaint from TxDOT that I had read about prior to my excursion was that not enough alternative suggestions were being offered from the public.

So, I got together with some folks who intimately know the highway systems in Texas and spent several hours devising an alternate plan that would negate the need for the corridor.

We were given three minutes for oral testimony at the hearing. My talk apparently would have taken about six, so I was interrupted twice by the moderator and was forced to cut it short, which is hard to do and provide a comprehensive alternative. I was offered the opportunity to put my comments in writing or to go to the back of the bus and finish my comments at the end of the program.

Therefore, now I