Chupacabra Report

News that gets my goat:

-Seems Harris County Commissioners have caved on their plan to increase fares on the Westpark Tollway by 150%. Steve Radack’s comment, “Let them go down Richmond,” suggests to me that maybe he’s not that into being in office anymore. He told a group of students in the Chronicle’s Journalism Workshop that the Commissioners met for a total of 19 hours and 49 minutes last year. With hours like that, he may not be qualified to address commuter issues.

-Rick Perry and the Legislature count as accomplishments their $3 billion property tax reduction, and passage of a $3 billion bond package for cancer research. Rep Scott Hochberg, (D- Houston) commented “You don’t borrow on your credit card when you’ve got the cash, unless you want to pay more later.” Remember when conservatives used to stand for fiscal responsibility instead of for doling out favors to wealthy constituents?

-I heard President Chucklehead on the radio calling for more incentives for companies to find and produce new oil supplies. Excuse me, but $70.00 a barrel should be incentive enough for somebody to run whipstock through the earth’s core and suck the oil right out from under the Saud’s sandals.