I-35W at MM15
Grandview is a pure and simple fee collection town using their law enforcement and a few miles of Interstate 35 as their private store. Kendleton and Patton Village went the way of the dodo bird years ago when Texas legislators got an earfull about this type of abuse and it is past time to make this place known to the legislature. Unless it has been repealed, there is a 1995 Texas law signed by then Gov Bill Clements that cities of fewer than 5,000 people can only retain traffic fines up to 30 percent of their total revenue. But over that and they are breaking the law, so it is time to look at the books. There is a 75 MPH limit most of the way from Waco to within yards of where these guys sit and laser. Got me before 6 AM with light traffic, well actually no traffic on the road, at all. I was 5 MPH over I admit, over 75 that is and had been passed by many folks in the previous 50 miles (except to slow down in Hillsboro which is a REAL town not just 2-3 miles of annexed fields) at that time as anyone who has driven Texas Interstates will understand. I support police to the hilt but these guys aren’t police, they are what Jesus got riled up over, just with a badge to boot. There is no place to something like this in Texas. Time for everyone to contact their legislator about Grandview (2010 census population 1,561). This is our state and the police work for the citizens.
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