Regardless Of Williamson’s Replacement, Transportation Commission Says It Won’t Back Off toll Roads

If you thought Rick Williamson’s untimely death late last month meant that it might finally be time for a change in policy at the embattled Texas Transportation Commission, think again:

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Are Bloggers Filling The Hole?

I finally listened to R.G. Ratcliffe’s podcast on whether or not bloggers are journalists.

I can’t tell you how many emails I’ve received from surprising places asking me if I had heard it and what my thoughts were. To be honest, Capitol Annex waited to so long to listen because Mr. Ratcliffe didn’t bother to interview us. After all, he was discussing the Truitt bill (among other things) and we *were* one of the leaders of that debate, so we staged ourselves a little boycott, which didn’t last long. (Nuttin’ but love for ya, R.G., but you need to your readership Texas political bloggers significantly!).

Every blogger who was interviewed, though, did a wonderful job.

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