Tense moment at the 35W Coalition

Word on the street is that Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley and state Rep. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, led a spirited discussion Wednesday morning during a quarterly meeting of the 35W Coalition, a group that advocates gridlock relief from downtown Fort Worth to the Tarrant-Denton County line.

Hancock was explaining why many state lawmakers don't want to raise the state's 8.25 percent sales tax cap for transportation, even if voters in a metro area such as North Texas approve the increase in a referendum. Basically, they believe the sales tax should be reserved for state purposes.

That's a sore subject with Whitley, who noted that state decision-makers won't let local voters raise their own taxes, but also won't open up the state purse to pay for North Texas transportation needs.

Other 35W members jumped to Hancock's defense, noting that he was among the lawmakers who backed the proposal for a sales tax election, and that just because he was explaining the sentiment in Austin doesn't mean he agrees with it.

Comments

[Stephanie]

I already paid taxes for these roads, where are they? Of course, I could say the same about the public schools. More taxation is never the answer to anything except how to continue to spend and not provide for what has already been promised. How is giving the government MORE money the answer? I haven't seen it work yet.

[Stephanie]

I already paid taxes for these roads, where are they? Of course, I could say the same about the public schools. More taxation is never the answer to anything except how to continue to spend and not provide for what has already been promised. How is giving the government MORE money the answer? I haven't seen it work yet.

[Brad]

this wouldn't have been an issue if the bridge had been replaced as plan. this project was under construction for a couple of years before they realize they had design errors and gave up until they can figure things out again.

[Tamara]

I have dedicated many months of my time to prepare a report of sorts on the DRP. What I have discovered is that the entire fate of Texas is connected to the Surcharge Program. This is because the money from the Unconstitutional program is earmarked for the Tran-Texas Corridor, which is a strategic segment of what is to become a Super Corridor that spans the entire North American Continent.

The state is suspending people's license over not paying an excessive surcharge fee that is in addition to what you agree to in court. What's more is the money is going to pay for the Corridor projects, without consent or knowledge or the People or Congress! I believe that spreading the word would enable individuals to better deal with the negative effects that the TX DRP has had on their lives, as well as have a say in their own future.

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Tamara Shippy

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[Tamara]

Who receives money from the surcharges?

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/pr081903c.htm

Each surcharge collected by the department under this law will be remitted to the Comptroller, on a monthly basis. Trauma centers and county and regional emergency medical services will receive 49.5 percent of the collected money, and the Texas Mobility fund will receive 49.5 percent of the collected money. The money that goes to trauma centers will be handled by the Texas Department of Health, while the **Texas Department of Transportation ** will handle money going to the **Mobility fund**, which funds highway projects, including the **Trans-Texas Corridor**. The remaining one percent of the collected money will go to DPS for operation of the Driver Responsibility program.

The Driver Responsibility Program was passed into law as part of House bill 3588, article 10. (text of the law - http://www.capitol.state.tx.us, p.152 of Adobe.)

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