An article on BondBuyer.com includes a bald face misrepresentation (or maybe he's mildly retarded?) of events from RMA attorney Brian Cassidy. His false comments were about the constitutional violation lawsuit RMA lost last week. Apparently Brian sees ambiguity in the difference between 6 years and 2 years. Records show Brian Cassidy has also contributed money to the same politicians that have given our tax dollars to the toll authority. Ah, "The circle of Payola". You can get a free 2 week trial of the online BondBuyer.com and see the complete article for yourself.
In the article, Brian Cassidy states:
"The process for correcting any ambiguity in the statute was under way before the lawsuit was filed," said Brian Cassidy, a partner with Locke Liddell & Sapp who represents the CTRMA. "The lawsuit appeared to be an opportunistic attempt to capitalize on those efforts." However, a PET release states that its lawsuit "caused a chain reaction in an attempt to fix the problem," spurring legislative efforts to fix the 2003 statute.
The lawsuit was filed March 1, 2005. The constitutional amendment was filed March 10, 2005.
The Daily Texan also has an article about the constitutional victory for People for Efficient Transportation: "While the majority of the board members are from Williamson County, a majority of the proposed toll projects are located in Travis County, Costello said. PET will be working on shutting down CTRMA because, according to Costello, it is just a "freeway tolling authority." Costello suggested the transportation system would be better off overhauling the Texas Department of Transportation and then leaving the toll roads up to its own division for toll authority
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