Really? There is no doubt in your Editorial Board’s pronouncement that Gov. Greg Abbott and other “Texas officials” are the only ones who could make a commuter rail system between San Antonio and Austin a reality? Is it also your position that if Abbott were to lose in November, the project would once again become a pipe dream?
I would think it is the position of governor, not just a certain individual, and other “Texas officials” that can make this commuter rail a reality. State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, has more than the requisite experience to lead a team of other officials who could bring this project to life.
As a side note, Henry Cisneros suggested the commuter rail system decades ago when he was the mayor of San Antonio. Had we listened to him, we would now be discussing lines from Austin to Dallas and Houston.
The West is experiencing raging wildfires — again. Tornadoes have ripped through the Midwest with alarming frequency. Torrential rains have inundated the East and Southeast. Record-breaking heat has baked the U.S. from coast to coast. All resulting in dozens of deaths and millions of dollars in property damage.
Any sane person knows that all this dangerous extreme weather is exacerbated by global warming.
Which means that President Donald Trump and his administration are in deep denial.
The Trump administration effectively has canceled the ongoing work on the Sixth National Climate Assessment by dismissing all of the hundreds of scientists and volunteers compiling the report and halting its associated contracts.
Authoritative peer-reviewed climate reports were also removed from federal websites.
Why, with all this ongoing death and destruction, has Trump not gone on television to express his concern for the millions of citizens suffering from the weather wrath?
I haven’t heard a word from Trump regarding the climate catastrophe. Not a peep from him about declaring national emergencies or mobilizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Instead, Trump rattles on about his same old pressing concerns — his jet, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool or nonexistent voting fraud.
As the Statesman reported, a political action committee aligned with state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, took $10 million from LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman. Hoffman had interactions with Jeffery Epstein and visited Epstein Island once.
If Talarico wants to make ethics an issue in this campaign, he needs to first explain his relationship and his financial dependence on Reid Hoffman.