Due to a misplaced quotation mark, we inadvertently altered the Texas Constitution in last week’s coverage of the West Orange-Cove school finance trial. The Constitution calls for an educational system to further the “general diffusion of knowledge.” The term “adequate” is part of past court decisions and legislation on the subject, but not of the Constitution itself.
Due to an editing error in last week’s news feature “Lick Creek Goes to Court,” the following passage (including comments from Michael McCrea, lawyer for West Cypress Hills developer Russell Parker) was inadvertently omitted: McCrea said he’s considering that option. McCrea also questioned what standing the claim would have under the Clean Water Act, considering the amount of regulatory oversight that’s gone into the completion of the pond. “One of the top engineers for the LCRA, the top engineer for the county, and one of the top engineers for the TCEQ [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality] have all inspected the pond, they’ve approved it, and they’ve all said ‘this is the way it should have been done.’ This is a case of [the plaintiffs] not liking what they said.”
We regret the errors.
This article appears in September 3 • 2004.