It's Official. Richard Morrison Is Running Again!

This time for Fort Bend County Precinct 1 Commissioner. The incumbent, Tom Stavinoha (R-Good Old Boy), needs to go, and that is being kind.

Richard states his case more clearly:

Morrison said he’d been contemplating a run, and then made up his mind a few weeks ago at a citizens’ meeting on TxDOT’s proposal to turn so-called Section C of the Grand Parkway into a toll road, on a route that runs close to Greatwood (where Morrison lives), Bridlewood and other area communities.

Morrison said Stavinoha attended the meeting, but instead of getting up on stage with state and local officials, he sat quietly in the audience. And while hundreds of residents in attendance voiced their strenuous disapproval of the toll road proposal, Morrison said Stavinoha told him he favors it.

“I went up there afterwards and said ‘Tom, you better change your position on this toll road,” Morrison recalled. “I said, ‘you’re not going to get six votes in Greatwood.’”

“Everyone in Briarwood and Greatwood is furious about this toll road,” Morrison told Democrat club members. “How can they trust their commissioner to do anything, because he may have taken a contribution from a road-builder, and now he’s sitting in the audience. You’ve got to take a stand for these people.”

Another issue that has strengthened his resolve to run, Morrison said, is “the fact that Tom and the whole commission supports this I-69 corridor coming through Fort Bend County – that’s the most ridiculous thing.” Building the corridor in the midst of Fort Bend’s suburban neighborhoods will be an invitation for industrial development, he added.

County officials have indicated in the past that they have no leverage to prevent the state from moving forward with major highway programs such as Section C or the Trans-Texas Corridor. To which Morrison replied, “that’s bullcrap.”

This is just great news. We have one Democratic commissioner, Grady Prestage, and it's about time we have another Democrat serving in Fort Bend county. Our county demographics are changing fast and having an experienced, qualified candidate running could not be better news. The toll road issue is a perfect one for everyone who is for good government to rally around.

Richard, I promise not to use your yard signs for school projects until after the election.