The McGregor Mirror and the Crawford Sun (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2012 Page: 14 of 14
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Thursday,
Sept. 20,2012
The McGregor Mirror
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by Ed Sterling
Texas Press
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Per-
ry returned to Austin on Sept. 12
following a multi-day overseas
trip.
While in Italy, Perry ad-
dressed an annual international
economic development forum.
He touted Texas’ workforce, uni-
versities and business climate
and encouraged investment in
and trade with Texas, telling his
audience, “... we’ve created a
fertile environment where in-
novators are free to create and
nurture their ideas and where
government stays out of the way.
That’s good for any type of com-
pany and it’s particularly good
for innovative young companies
seeking firm footing during their
early years.”
Perry’s office reported that
no tax dollars were used to pay
for the Italy trip. Part of the trip
for the governor and first lady
Anita Perry was to visit with
Formula One or “FI” racing con-
tacts. The sport is scheduled to
debut on Nov. 16-18 at the new
Circuit of the Americas track
and facilities erected this year
on the eastern outskirts of Aus-
tin. Through Comptroller Susan
Combs, the state agreed to re-
imburse the racetrack operators
$25 million per race, provided
the race generates that amount in
state taxes. The reimbursement
deal is good for 10 years, with
one race per year.
RISTER TO HEAD RRC
BTexas Railroad Commis-
sion, the state’s three-member
energy regulatory agency, on
Sept. 11 appointed Milton Rister
as executive director.
Rister, who has served as
director for administration for
the governor’s office since 2010,
served as executive director for
the Texas Fegislative Council
from 2006 to 2009 and served as
a senior advisor for Ft. Gov. Da-
vid Dewhurst in 2005.
Rister’s first day on the job
will be Oct. 1. The Railroad
Commission has 750 full-time
employees and a 2012 operating
budget of about $75 million.
REVENUE
INCREASES AGAIN
Texas Comptroller Susan
Combs announced Sept. 12 that
state sales tax revenue in August
was $2.34 billion, up 18.5 per-
cent compared to August 2011.
“The strong business and
consumer spending trend boost-
ed the monthly sales tax revenue,
as did money remitted at the
close of the state’s tax amnesty
which ended in August,” Combs
said in a news release.
“The state’s sales tax rev-
enue for fiscal 2012 was $24.1
billion, about 12.6 percent higher
than the previous fiscal year. Col-
lections from business sectors
such as the oil and natural gas
industry and consumer sectors
including retail trade increased
sales tax revenue for the fiscal
year.”
Further evidence of the
state’s overall economic health:
MHS CLASS OF 1967 CLASS REUNION was held Founders Day on September 15, 2012 at The Main Place. Class members
attending are pictured l-r (back row) Rodney Kruse, Ronald Chambers, David Lippe, G.W. Chaudoin, Betty Luedtke Marshal,
Ronnie Jackson, Skip Spoonts, Herschel Lander, David Smith, Dewey Watson, Wiley Sparks, Jimmy Gammel, (middle row)
Connie Welch Bubert, Jackie Martin Brown, Carl Brinkley, Teresa Acosta, (seated) La Juan Ellis Pledger, Pam Fuller Lynch,
Donna Ridling D ean, Jean Ann Sims Davison, Rosa Lee Squires Phillips, Bobbye Dale Owen, Helen Fisk Conway, Pat Hall
Onstott, (front) Debra Bond. Not pictured, but attending were Mickey Leila and Jim Sneed.
September sales tax allocations
to cities, counties, transit sys-
tems and special taxing districts
showed double-digit increases.
With billions of dollars more
than expected coming in, under-
funded categories of the state
budget could enjoy windfalls,
depending on how the governor’s
office and the Legislature, which
convenes in January, respond.
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tablished speed limit is reason-
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highway system.
STRETCH OF ROAD
GOES TO 85
Forty miles of State High-
way 130 between Austin and San
Antonio now boast the highest
public highway speed limit in the
nation: 85 miles per hour.
The Texas Transportation
Commission, which oversees the
Texas Department of Transporta-
tion, approved the speed change
under a 1999 state law, Transpor-
tation Code Chapter 545.
The law says the commis-
sion may establish a speed limit
not to exceed 85 miles per hour
on a part of the state highway
system if:
(1) That part of the highway
system is designed to accom-
modate travel at that established
speed or a higher speed; and
LAWMAKER,
JUSTICE DIES
Robert Alton “Bob” Gam-
mage, 74, of Llano and originally
of Houston, died Sept. 10.
Gammage was a former
state representative, state sena-
tor, U.S. representative, Texas
Court of Appeals judge and
Texas Supreme Court justice. He
ran for governor in 2006 but was
defeated in the Democratic Party
Primary Election.
Gammage was one of the
“Dirty Thirty” - a coalition of
state representatives in the 1971
Legislature who successfully
fought against corruption in the
upper levels of state government
and spurred voters to a large-
scale defection from incumbent
officeholders.
A funeral service for Gam-
mage was held in the Senate
Chamber at the Texas Capitol,
followed by burial in the Texas
State Cemetery on Sept. 13.
IF LIVING,
PLEASE RESPOND
Secretary of State Hope An-
drade, pursuant to a state law that
took effect Sept. 1,2011, sent let-
ters to more than 70,000 Texans,
asking them to acknowledge they
are living by completing and re-
turning a form within 30 days.
Those who don’t respond could
be deleted from voter registration
rolls.
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The McGregor Mirror and the Crawford Sun (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2012, newspaper, September 20, 2012; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth805724/m1/14/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.