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Questions About Huber
RECEIVED Mon., Feb. 13, 2012
Dear Editor,
In Mike Kanin’s review of the upcoming November election contest between Gerald Daugherty and Karen Huber [“Precinct 3 Race Likely a Rematch,” News, Feb. 10], he cites Huber as claiming she “never promised that she’d support [SH 45].” That’s false. She told our neighborhood, Shady Hollow, “You’ll get your road” referring to the restricted, carefully engineered, parkway connection we want between SH 45 and FM 1626. As a result, Shady Hollow provided about 2,000 of the 3,000 vote margin she got precinct-wide over Daugherty in 2008. But Huber lied to us. After the election she not only didn’t support any alternative for building that SH 45 connection, she was the lone supporter on CAMPO to completely remove that essential connection from the regional transportation plan.
The way Huber has treated Shady Hollow (including shutting down the historic community gathering place of the Manchaca Fire Hall cafe and then leaving it vacant) stands as a warning to every neighborhood about whether they can trust her or work with her. It’s also a warning to taxpayers tired of waste in government, because Huber could care less that taxpayers have spent millions of tax dollars purchasing the right-of-way for this SH 45 link after more than 60% of voters specifically approved the project in 1997.
That’s why, if you drive through our neighborhood, you’ll already see Gerald Daugherty signs in the yards of Democrats – Obama Democrats – who will not vote for a Democrat who is a liar and who has goofy excuses for ignoring this neighborhood’s concerns. I see that Huber’s major contributor is Red McCombs, the Formula One racetrack guru. Apparently, Huber supports building a race track for fast hoity-toity race cars to go round and round, instead of facing the reality of the transportation system that regular folks need to get around this town.
In Mike Kanin’s review of the upcoming November election contest between Gerald Daugherty and Karen Huber [“Precinct 3 Race Likely a Rematch,” News, Feb. 10], he cites Huber as claiming she “never promised that she’d support [SH 45].” That’s false. She told our neighborhood, Shady Hollow, “You’ll get your road” referring to the restricted, carefully engineered, parkway connection we want between SH 45 and FM 1626. As a result, Shady Hollow provided about 2,000 of the 3,000 vote margin she got precinct-wide over Daugherty in 2008. But Huber lied to us. After the election she not only didn’t support any alternative for building that SH 45 connection, she was the lone supporter on CAMPO to completely remove that essential connection from the regional transportation plan.
The way Huber has treated Shady Hollow (including shutting down the historic community gathering place of the Manchaca Fire Hall cafe and then leaving it vacant) stands as a warning to every neighborhood about whether they can trust her or work with her. It’s also a warning to taxpayers tired of waste in government, because Huber could care less that taxpayers have spent millions of tax dollars purchasing the right-of-way for this SH 45 link after more than 60% of voters specifically approved the project in 1997.
That’s why, if you drive through our neighborhood, you’ll already see Gerald Daugherty signs in the yards of Democrats – Obama Democrats – who will not vote for a Democrat who is a liar and who has goofy excuses for ignoring this neighborhood’s concerns. I see that Huber’s major contributor is Red McCombs, the Formula One racetrack guru. Apparently, Huber supports building a race track for fast hoity-toity race cars to go round and round, instead of facing the reality of the transportation system that regular folks need to get around this town.
Bill Aleshire