Texas state representative Jonathan Stickland on The Chad Hasty discussing the reasons for his decision not to seek reelection, and the state of conservatism in Texas.
"Long term, the surface parking plan for Citizens Tower is not enough parking spaces. Now, could we proceed with the plan we have and have enough parking spaces when we open? Yes. But do we want to spend the money on that surface parking lot and then come back in 2 or 3 years and tear it back up? To me that doesn't make sense. So we are considering some type of parking structure. There have been no decisions made at this point." He went on to say, "We hope that we can make a decision on if we're going to do some type of parking structure by the end of this month."
"You have the question of resources. I mean, places like Houston and Dallas, it's probably a little more easier for them to do that than it is for some small communities. I'm sure Lubbock can do some version of this, but in a lot of the smaller communities, smaller places in West Texas where we have listeners, it may be the wild west when it comes to plumbers," Scott said.
"I think it's great that two West Texas cities are coming together to make that happen, because it's such a positive for all of West Texas, and I'm an Amarillo guy. I grew up in Amarillo, so I'm proud of the big A for making that happen," Randy said.