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Post by Allen Wiener on Nov 21, 2012 0:44:43 GMT -5
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Post by Hiram on Nov 21, 2012 1:09:56 GMT -5
I think it's important that anyone who claims to care about the Alamo read this report...all 38 pages. Due to the nature of my employment, I recuse myself from any additional comment(s). I am however, most interested in what the members have to say after they read the entire legal opinion.
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Post by Herb on Nov 21, 2012 16:19:28 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this.
While it's pretty damning of the DRT, what very obviously goes unmentioned, is the states responsibility to exercise proper oversight. I can well remember the uproar when it came out that Gov Perry's office wasn't even reading the DRT's annual reports, and was simply throwing them away.
No matter how or why the DRT failed (and I am not apologizing for them) the state of Texas failed to provide proper oversight. Gov Perry in particular is skating out of his office's negligence.
All that said, the Texas Land Office is one of the best administered agencies in the state. If they show the same ability to manage the Alamo, that they show in their other activities the Alamo should be in good hands
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Post by sloanrodgers on Nov 21, 2012 18:25:36 GMT -5
Well, I agree with some opinions and disagree with others in the A.G.'s report. The author sure likes the words failed and failure.
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Post by Tom Nuckols on Nov 22, 2012 0:07:37 GMT -5
All that said, the Texas Land Office is one of the best administered agencies in the state. If they show the same ability to manage the Alamo, that they show in their other activities the Alamo should be in good hands Agreed. The Land Office (i.e. Jerry Patterson) was a much better choice than the Texas Historical Commission to oversee the Alamo. An agency headed by a statewide elected official (Patterson in particular) can make needed changes happen faster than a state board that one can only describe as a relatively obscure group of well-intentioned part-timers. And God bless the good ladies who stood up to the DRT leadership and brought this sad situation to light, only to get booted out of the DRT for it. And Sen. Leticia Van De Putte, also. They are all latter-day Adina De Zavalas. Remember that it was Clara Driscoll and her faction of the DRT who wanted to demolish the convento in order to make the Alamo grounds "prettier." Adina kept the focus on history, stood up to them, and saved what we have left of the convento today. For that, the Driscoll faction booted her out and took over the DRT. If it hadn't already happened at that point, the DRT then turned into the organization the Attorney General describes in the report. |
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Post by sloanrodgers on Nov 25, 2012 18:09:10 GMT -5
It's always nice to have a single suspect to hang when stock disapears.  |
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