10.19.23
“TAG Paxton Sends Letter to Congress -- Analysis of Colony Ridge Issue”
By Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
TEX. SEN. ROBERT NICHOLS (R-JACKSONVILLE) AND TEX. REP. ERNEST BAILES (R-SHEPHERD) ARE TO BLAME:
QUOTE FROM TAG PAXTON’S LETTER:
I am beyond disappointed in Senator Nichols and Representative Bailes for apparently working to enrich specific developers at enormous expense to the rest of the public and reducing the quality of life for their own constituents.
I have watched journalists and politicians alike downplay this problem. In lockstep, they minimize the scale, costs, and, worst of all, the unjust deprivation of self-governance endured by the people of Texas who never assented to the creation of a sprawling unincorporated, ungoverned zone that caters in no small part to other countries’ citizens but forces them to pay for the associated costs.
I commend Governor Abbott for requiring the legislature to address the issues pertaining to Colony Ridge in the Special Session. My office has coordinated with the Governor’s team to prioritize this issue, and I urge the legislature to address this growing crisis created by some of their own members’ hidden agendas. Senator Nichols and Representative Bailes created these problems with their initial legislation, and now the legislature must undo what they have tolerated in their districts for years.
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9.28.23 -- “Colony Ridge, Texas – A Magnet for Non-U. S. Citizens” -- By Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick -- https://donnagarner.org/9-28-23-colony-ridge-texas-a-magnet-for-non-u-s-citizens-by-texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick/