08.30.06
Did Rep. Krusee File A Bill So His Crony Could Become Executive Director of TxDOT?
Rep. Mike Krusee filed HB 650 during the last regular session removing a requirement that TxDot’s Executive Director be a professional engineer. Here’s what the bill analysis said:
Section 201.301 (a) of the Texas Transportation Code requires that candidates for the position of Executive Director of the Texas Department of Transportation be “registered professional engineers, experienced and skilled in transportation planning, development, construction, and maintenance.” However, the requirement that the Texas Transportation Commission elect a registered professional engineer limits the pool of applicants, causing candidates who would otherwise be eligible, to be disqualified. HB 650 deletes that requirement.
Was that person he had in mind John Langmore?
Having NO education in Transportation doesn’t stop Langmore. Hey, Mike Krusee has NO college degree, and that doesn’t stop him. Langmore is a Co-Chair of Envision Central Texas Transportation and Land Use Committee, which is now focused on planning the details of the primer for the TTC, the $1.5 Billion dollar SH 130. Mike Heiligenstein joins Langmore as a board member of ECT.
As Sal Costello’s post said John Langmore worked for the House Transportation Committee, when the now infamous, HB 3588 was passed into law. Mr. Langmore was the Policy Directory of the committee.
Attorney John Henley Langmore (DOB 11/30/1962) was the Policy Director for the Texas House Transportation Committee during the 78th Legislative Session in 2003. Langmore played a principal role in formulating and drafting State Rep. Mike Krusse’s HB 3588, one of the most comprehensive transportation bills ever passed in the state of Texas, it completely altered the accountability of transportation projects. New powers were given as unelected bureaucratic mini-TxDOTs were created to toll already funded freeways. This “Frankenstein†law also allowed the TTC to take private land for foreign profits.
Makes HB 650 look like it was drafted with someone in mind.