Collin County vs. TxDOT!

Dallas area Judge Ron Harris told TxDOT this week, "Don't mess with Collin County!".

He said he's drawing "a line in the sand" with TxDOT.

Wow, he's gonna take on TxDOT for the people?

No.

Just like vultures smelling fresh carcass, the local politicos - Judge Ron Harris and his band of spineless pals - are just maneuvering to get some toll tax revenue for themselves. Collin County and its major cities of Allen, Frisco, Plano and McKinney signed a resolution, and drew a line in the sand, to tell TxDOT they want the toll revenue - TxDOT can't have any.

Well over $360 million in Tax dollars was diverted from public State Highway 121. Tolling SH 121 will be one of the biggest cash cow of the Texas public highway tolls. And, all the crooks are lining up to get a taste. The folks that live in Collin County are trapped by traditional toll roads and now the abomination that will create a net to catch their money from every direction.

Last year, Collin County ranked 231 out of 254 Texas counties in state highway construction and maintenance spending per person. While the crooks in Williamson County, you remember these are the guys that are tolling Travis county, got more than 10 times the funding per resident that Collin County got.

It is not equitable that some citizens should have to pay tolls in order to drive to work, while other citizens drive to work toll-free, particularly when both citizens have already participated in paying for those roads. So local crooks are fighting state crooks, over our money. So then we ask, WHO'S FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE? Hey, we still have plenty of excuses...

MCKINNEY MESSENGER: "Commissioner Jerry Hoagland said he doesn't like the idea of tolling, but the state legislature has left the county and the cities with their hands tied.

"The toll is a tax, but under the circumstances we don't have any other choice," Hoagland said.

Hoagland stressed the importance of the responsibility of residents to let their state legislature know that money generated from the gas tax in this area should go to projects in this area.

"$360 million of your gas tax was diverted to other programs; that would've been more than enough money to fund this project," Hoagland said. "We could've built this project with cash, not tolls."