Editor’s Note: The following email, accompanied by the De-Witt County Commissioner’s “Resolution Opposing Efforts to Prohibit County Legislative Communications” that was passed on July 28, was sent to state legislators in session the same day.
Greetings, Honorable State Leaders and County Judges, The De Witt County Commissioners Court believes that the enactment of Senate Bill 12 (89-1) could lead to unintended consequences.
The counties included in this email have all participated in the use of government consulting services since 2012 with the goal of relieving local taxpayers of the financial burden of repairing damaged fragile county roads that are consumed by unconventional drilling methods in the Eagle Ford Shale. We have sought, and continue to seek, state solutions to our county road funding shortfalls... because the current Voter Approved Tax Rate limitations fall short of our needs.
