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In three months, President Obama will receive the results from the census bureau. Then us Austinites will see and learn how our city and region have changed since 2000. We already know that we are the fourth fastest growing city in America this past 10 year by the yearly estimation from the Census Bureau.
By next year, Austin's population will be 800,000 plus, which would make Austin, TX. the 15th-largest city in America. And our dramatic growth doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Experts predict that the population of Austin's will reach or surpass 2 million in the next 40 plus years.
With an extra million cars on our roads makes a lot more traffic. So Proposition 1 would be a great solution to this upcoming problem. Why not try to nip this problem in the butt before it actually becomes a huge problem in the future. Hey if you think about it its already a problem for us now.
Proposition 1 will invest $90 million in roads, sidewalks, bikeways and trails across Austin. And guess what all that without raising property taxes.
There is also other great reasons to vote for Proposition 1.
For example, Proposition 1 will provide more roads, and make the others better. That’s a great start, however, that doesn’t solve all the traffic problems. This also helps with pedestrians and bicycle transportation.
Proposition 1 is also designed to deliver relief in this term. Which means construction will start on all proposed project with in the next 2 years. This is also a great break for the us taxpayers due to the low estimated cost of construction jobs due to the economy. Why not take full advantage of the opportunity.
Austin traffic has been said to be a serial killer, with an average of 60 traffic death over the past 5 years, and 33 so far this year. Prop. 1 will obviously help this very serious situation to relieve the congested traffic, and as well making our streets and roads much safer. If you ask me that’s a good enough reason for everyone to vote for Prop. 1. Right?
One last fact to leave you with is that Prop. 1 creates a foundation for transportation investments in the future, and also will put many of the important transportation projects to shovel ready status.
　

Leffingwell: Prop. 1 helps Austin brace for growing population

Will you vote for Proposition 1?
I will, see at the polls.

BORDER SECURITY

Another border effort bites the dust


What will it take to secure our borders? How will it be done?
This has been an on going process since 1997. There have been many different tactics and ways of trying to do so. Our Texas government has been trying to build high tech devices to patrol our borders to capture illegal’s, along the 6,000 miles of Mexican and Canadian borders.
In 1998 the first system that was used was the ISIS, ( Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System), which obviously didn’t work. The ISIS had many flaws, there was mismanagement and along with equipment that did not work. The Shield Initiative in 2005 had the same outcome and same problems as the ISIS.
Then in 2006, George W. Bush signed a law creating the Secure Border Initiative.
This system is called SBInet, which is suppose to be a virtual fence with some real fencing, that would cost $2.5 BILLION and be finished in 3 years. Now the cost to finish the project is $30 BILLION! Now guess what? The federal government has thrown out the program.
Homeland security department had been excepting this since April of this year, and has stopped spending money on a 53 mile demo project in Arizona. This project was secured with regular fencing, and 28 miles of towers with transmitters and monitors. Which is used to pick up signal and be transmitted to laptop computers in border patrol vehicles. The idea is great but again there are flaws. Cow and other animals would set off signals, property owners complained about there privacy, and most importantly equipment wouldn’t talk to other equipment.
After reports saying DHS had failed to manage Boeings manager, and not being able to help out Boeing by getting other equipment and doing the actual work the program came to halt. Since there was no deal made between DHS and Boeing the Oboma administration killed the program. How about we try the Rartheon Corp of Mass.?
How much more money will we pay to get our borders secured?
We the taxpayers already paid $429 million for the ISIS, and another $850 million for SBInet, and for what. We are right back at square one if you ask me. It all comes down to Washington to come up with an immigration policy do something to help all border states. That is if they say it’s a problem, like they claim.