On , Houston Mayor notes he served on Texas House State Affairs after blackouts in 2011. He says he filed a bill to require the grid to have reserves on hand to stave off blackouts. "That bill was not heard in committee," Turner said #TxLege #TexasBlackout
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Who voted against it, ? We need to know names if we have a chance of overcoming the voter suppression and gerrymandering and getting them out of office.
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Just curious, what was done to the water system differently in 1989 when temperatures were 7 degrees lower in the City Of Houston? Although the power grid failure was epic, our local water system failure is independent and every bit as epic of a failure
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This is true. A consumer group created a report on how things were going 10 years after Sen Bill 7 passed. Lengthy but worth a read.
tcaptx.com/downloads/HIST
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Never Turners fault...ever.
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And he's crying about it ... now? Why???
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2011 was the year that the Texas legislature under the greediness of Rick Perry drew redlines through any budget line item related to the well-being of Texans. Health, public safety and education budgets were wiped out. This negligence only grows stronger under .
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Winterizing the equipment is far more important.
Texas Legislature, god I hate it