The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 126, Ed. 1 Monday, March 5, 1979 Page: 12 of 19
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THl BAYTOWN SUN
Mwwl*y, March i, 1»7f
Emmett Seeks Answers
On New Channel Bridge
► By D’EVA TURNER
AUSTEN (Sp) — The work of
the Texas House appropriations
subcommittee of the transports^1 ^nd, the Klngwood resident P°mtwJ out, means the state
tion committee is being held up
here by 78th District Hep. El
Emmett, who has some ques-
tions he waBtraiBwered
For instance, he wants to
know why the impression is be-
ing given that planning is in
progress for a high-rise bridge to
replace the Baytown-La Porte
Tunnel when the 20-year project:
"whose district includes the
Baytown area, wants to know
how transportation funds are be-
ing spent and why contracts on
Baytown Man
Faces Kidnap,
Assault Count
Baytown police have charged
a Baytown man with kidnapping
and aggravated assault With a
deadly weapon after he allegedly
kidnapped and held his neighbor,
against her will Sunday night..
Charged was Gordon Lee
i — Vaag, 34. of 200 Graham. He was
beiqg held under $5,000 bond,
- r ■ Detectives said Vaag allegedly
went to' Dana Sue Martin’s
apartment at 200 Graham about
'8 p.m.'Sunday; beat her up and
forced her at gunpoint to go to
his apartment. ]
Vaag allegedly held Martin at
his apartment until about mid-
night. when -the woman's"
boyfriend came to Her apart-
- ment. found it in disarray and
' found blood onseveral items in,
the .apartment, officers said.
.The boyfriend told police he
s* went nest door to Vaag’s
apartment, found his girlfriend
and they, left to call police.
Officers obtained a warrant
for Vaag's arrest and went to his
• apartment about 12 50 a m
- * to serve the warrant
plan pf the State Department of || fundi should be given-loans ln-
Highways and Public Tranipor- stead of grants,
tation does not list the project. || Giving them grants, he
projects are not being let as fast
as thgy should be.
Emmett told The Baytown
Sun that, as a member of the
subcommittee, he can stop the
committee from completing its
recommendations until he-gets
answers to his questions
~His. questions also have caused
the state to take a look at
railroad crossings around the
state.
His question in that regard
%
pays tor the project and the city
gets the revenue from it.
In another - area, Emmett
recommended that the Texas
'.v*
Motor Vehiple Commission not
be funded for the next biennium
The appropriations subeom-j
mittee approved Emmett’s!
suggestions regarding funding of
the aeronautics and motor vehi-j
cle commissions.
Funding recommendations byi.
the subcommittee can be changfl
ed by the full triihsportattoflC
committee. Increases require a|
twft-thirds majority of the com-!
Legislature Labeled ‘Strange' Thus Far
AUSTIN (API-The86thses-
sion of the Texas Legislature has
been uncommonly quiet so far;
too quiet for some.
Daily floor action has been
perfunctory Minor Issues
abound while Issues of sub-
stance lie dormant.
"It’s been s strange session,
the strangest I’ve been In,"
says House Weaker Bill Clay-
ton, who has been i
______ —. lego*u mittde and decreases may be!
was in connection .with the *PProved by a ilmpk PEGGY KRELL PLAYS "PATIENT” FOR CT BRAIN SCAN
railroad crossing jn Crosby. _ J 4nH n, nthor „han[IM] . Technician Marcia Dommert gives assistance
Eipmett said tftat once trains [
carrying coal across the state get
into full operation, the heavy
train traffic through Crosby will
cause long tie-ups of street traf-
fic
He wants consideration given
to providing overpasses or some
other method of allowing trains
to pass without interrupting
street traffic flow
, The representative said he has
created some1 other wives also,
-waves which have, made some
jPersons angry
For ^instance, the Texas
Aeronautics Commission, had a
budget of $1 million last, year
and »the Legislative Budget
' Ms. Martin was treated at Gulf had last year..
. Coast Hospital for bruisevand
lacerations do her face and neck
and released, police said.
Happy
Birthday
Board approved an increase to
$3.2 million next year.
mg the proposed
"austere," he said
•Emmett proposed, the LLB
recommendation . be cut. to $2;
million, which he noted is still"
double the funds the commission'
Emmett believes the: -TAC
doesn’t need as much"money*’as
it requests because it is not
projieHy-allocating funds. •
The'commission has:, legal
authority to provide grants and
loans .for airport projects,
has never given anything but
grants, he said.
The"exampie he gave was .a
. .Carla Krenek, IS. at Sam.
^ Houstoh. State is sent Monday
OFFICE SUPPLIES
. m FURNITURE_
BAYTOWN
OFFICE SUPPLY
2115 Bay «tra 428-7241
a paring lot at the city’*airport.
The parking lot would be
•i9bb Stiff Pbtmi fry ftlenu fokt
(See Story, Page II
TStl occur after rwomroeil-
dations of the full committee are!
turned over to the House.
Another project in which jRRNHWNRHiNHWMppRRBWNRHRMRi
Emmett has interest is that olj si »r «i
the .Metropolitan. Transit) Keen CM 1 een i\eWS.
Authority Oversight" Committee ) ,—r"""."
on which he sits ] |
This is one of-two committees !
formed/to look into the Harris:
a legislator
since 1063. "There’s a wonder-
ment about what is going to
happen."
But there Is a good chance
the legislative tempo will quick-
en this week A possible con-
frontation between Gov. Bill
Clements and state agency
heeds, a resumed filibuster and
House committee action on tax
def should heat up the
sion
A sideshow that should inter-
est the lawmakers occurs Tues
day afternoon when Gov Bill
Clements talks with state agen-
cy heads, about his plan to re
dare state employment b,'».
said gubernatorial press aide help them lie, cheat and steal.
Mark Heckman.
Sen. A.R. Schwirts, D-Gnl-
veston, will hive the floor when
the Senate returns Monday
morning with his extended at-
tack on a bill allowing truckers
to get, together in seeking rate
adjustments from the Texas
Railroad Commission. Under
Schwarts said In Thursday's de-
bate
Sponsors said the alternative
would be to enlarge the Rail-
road Commission staff" to
handle an pverload of individ-
ual rate requests
The House Ways and Means
present law, such Joint action Committee m<
would violate state anti-trust morning, hoping to finish work
on abin implementing the non-
next Monday's floor debate ca-
lendar
laws;---
This Is. price fixing at its
very worst. ,. The truckers
lobby wants this because it will
Key provisions include a $10,-
000 homestead exemption from
school'taxes for the elderly, on
top of a $5,000 mandatory ex-
emption for all homeowners.
Two cars per family would be
exempt from property taxes
meets Monday starting in IMp The bill In-
cludes a formula for taxing ag-
ricultural land on its productiv-
ity, and, both family farmers
and corporations would get the -
automatic -portions of the 1978
Tax Relief Amendment (lay
.ton says the bilk should tie -on tax break
• 000 Jobs in four yean
1 "We expect a big crowd.
County Metropolitan. Transit
Authority i.MTA). The other is’ ~
Catch The School
Columns Weekly In The Baytown Sun
OFFICE SPACE
AVAILABLE
5,240 SO. FT.
ALL OR PART
DECKER DR.
424-5591
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an ad hoc committee composed
of mgmbers of the Harris County
delegation in the Legislature
The ad hoc committee has no.
subpoena or legislative powers,
but the oversight committee
The oversight committee has
sent a detailed questionnaire to
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. The committee also has re
Duapet quested contracts and other’
records of MTA and Houtfan
which was the forerunner Of
mta:.
..Among contracts, sought by
the committee « that of MTA
with' Pacer Oil Co . which fur-;
nisheTfuei for buses operated bv
MTA: ' "
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6 UTILITY KNIFE ;impaAableia s vwut
Recent newy.g®p«-ts have
dialed MTA hSPween payig|
.itenk Pulton more for its!
Than; sirmihr* transit authorities'
V tin at leasiNwo major Texas
1 h"t cities ' 7 ' . ,0 p.
The reason'cited by-MTA of- '. i^ts •
grant .^commission gave to*the mcS
by the other transit
authorities ind. more, recently:
they-have Sid they win buy a
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LIVER LINKS
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The commission, Emmett
: said, should have .given the
Austin airport a loan with agree-
ment that the funds bepaid back
to the state,from revenue earned'
at the parking’lot,
It is Emmett’s contefltion that
any revenue-producing' airport
project which qualifies for TAC
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Emmett said his oversight
committee will not hold a public
hearing'on MTA 4until it- gels
copies of -the paperwork and
receives answers to tbe.questton.^
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It will be partly aii'the basis of
that' investigation that .>om-
mittee members will form
questions to be asked at the
hearing/ ‘
He noted that tlje qtj hoc, com-,
mittee-held a' hearing ori -MTA
but was limited in the quegjHfi
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- Emmett said there have been j- c ; J w
no controversial issues voted onq-;-.-,., V
the floor of the House so far -but * ^, . -i’ ” ' ’.
there has been aome interesting j / .. ’
One involved a change gropos. - --
ed in the state election code - - ;.
The committee had voted 8-0j -
to recommend a change but t
becauseuf loopholes found by'
Emmett * and: ^several., ether ]
representatives, 'the' measure]
was returned-. to committee for
, more work /- ?-V
■^Another, measure, cqnsidera\ c"’ ^
tfon .for consultant- funds Tor, * ". c" . ^
planning a deepwater supefjj^l^’ *
off shore from Freeport. yaW ’ V' '
have come onto the.fiqor of the / ’.fgbfiT^pf.sAlfW
House last Thutsday but .was: /Ve ‘
delayed a Week -presumably.
Emmett said, because there
were not enough^votes to carry
the/recommendation-that the
funds be approved.
1 Emmett does not behevf
further . planning funds- -are
(Heeded. • ', .
The Texas Offshore ("ommis
siorr studied possibilities for a
superport fwo years before it
.was decided that a private com.
pany, SEADOCK, would build it
SEADOCK poured milhons of
doilari ; into -’ the project 1
■pbnnmg during- the two to thr
yeap Ji w#tnter«ted in it and
ven had plans drawn for the
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 126, Ed. 1 Monday, March 5, 1979, newspaper, March 5, 1979; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074660/m1/12/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.