And now, for the good news.....
Some of you may have caught that two days ago I posted a diary asking for help defeating the proposed sale of 45,000 of Big Bend Ranch State Park.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/24/12024/3500
Sale price for 45,000 acres was rumored to be $2 million. But no one really knew any details because Texas Parks and Wildlife totally failed to publish notice of the proposed sale. The only information available was what had been leaked by TP&W employees.
Anyway, I'm happy to say, the Commissioners' voted yestereday against the sale (9-0). A complete route for our side.
Here's today's story out of Austin:
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/08/26bigbend.html
The proposed sale was roundly criticized by just about everybody. One of the defining moments may have been when Carole Strayhorn, candidate for Governor against Perry, criticized the proposed sale as just another example of the travesty of Perry's government in secret.
For whatever reason, we won.
Thanks everybody for your help.