I've been keeping up a bit with the restrictions to vehicular access to our beaches and trails (SB155, which prohibits access to streams and rivers (think Spring Creek) comes to mind), and I found the Texas Open Beaches Advocates Forum a long time ago, and after this weekend's trip to Galveston, I finally had a chance to see first hand all of the problems that they are always talking about.
I went back to check out the site this morning to find this . Apparently the house is trying to rush HB1603 which will severly limit all access to ALL of Texas PUBLIC beaches. Not just Galveston, but the whole Texas coast.
Here's a link to sample letters from the same forum that you can use to e-mail your local representative and ask them to vote no on this bill. The final vote will come up on May the 10th (tomorrow). I know it's kinda late to be posting this, but any little bit counts. Here's a link that'll take you to a page to find out who your local representative is.
And here's a quick read and example of some of the crap that's being pulled.
Anyway, I apologize that I didn't keep up with this and pass this on sooner, but hopefully this will get some more people involved. Thanks
I went back to check out the site this morning to find this . Apparently the house is trying to rush HB1603 which will severly limit all access to ALL of Texas PUBLIC beaches. Not just Galveston, but the whole Texas coast.
Here's a link to sample letters from the same forum that you can use to e-mail your local representative and ask them to vote no on this bill. The final vote will come up on May the 10th (tomorrow). I know it's kinda late to be posting this, but any little bit counts. Here's a link that'll take you to a page to find out who your local representative is.
And here's a quick read and example of some of the crap that's being pulled.
Anyway, I apologize that I didn't keep up with this and pass this on sooner, but hopefully this will get some more people involved. Thanks