8/19/2005

Muckraker blog ruffles toller feathers in Dallas!


County Commish email intended for County Judge gets sent to the Muckraker! (-whoopsi-)

Jack "Toller" Hatchell sent me the emails below that illustrate how easy it is to get those crooked toller feathers ruffled. They should get ruffled, because these double tax schemes of tolling public freeways is wrong. It's a backdoor regressive tax by a money grabbing corrupt government - that ignores what's good for the people.

Judge Ron Harris and the other tollers think they can raise unlimited taxes and hoard it while not giving any tax relief to the citizens. The county budget has increased 80% over the past 5 years. It's not enough, NOW THEY WANT TO TOLL PUBLIC HIGHWAYS!

The 10:18 am email below was intended for Judge Ron Harris (see his toller pic and article below) but Jack Hatchell sent it to the Muckraker by mistake. Hatchell shows concern about how I reported on the Judge saying "Don't mess with Collin County!" to TxDOT. THAT is in the McKinney hyperlink in the article below. He also mentions "the cause". That must be code for their Freeway Toller Club or something. "Kim" is the Judges assistant. Jack Hatchell is a county commissioner and a big Judge Harris supporter. Jack Hatchell has close ties with TxDot - by profession he's a transportation engineer.

In a message dated 8/19/05 7:48 AM, jhatchell@co.collin.tx.us writes:

Where did you get this statement?
(Dallas area Judge Ron Harris told TxDOT this week, "Don't mess with Collin County!".)

In a message dated 8/19/05 9:12 AM, imacsal@aol.com writes:

Jack,

Go to the blog address below.
Click on the hyperlink of KcKinney Messenger see last line in the article.
Sal

http://salcostello.blogspot.com/

In a message dated 8/19/05 10:18 AM, jhatchell@co.collin.tx.us writes:

Ron,
I can't get his web site (muckraker blog) because it is filtered by us. If his statement is true, it does not help the cause. It would probably be worthwhile if you have Kim get the facts.
Thank you.

Jack


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