Bumblister Armbrister in the news
Here are a few recent Senator Ken Armbrister-related articles:
San Antonio Express-News:
Editorial: Bad bills threatening the Edwards Aquifer
Bills filed by Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairman Kenneth Armbrister, D-Victoria, and other lawmakers could devastate efforts by the city of San Antonio and fellow local entities to ensure responsible development over the Edwards recharge zone.
San Antonio Express-News:
Aquifer backers steamed by bills
State Sen. Kenneth Armbrister, D-Victoria, who tried two years ago to yank water quality powers from the Edwards Aquifer Authority, is the author of most of the developer-friendly bills.
Del Rio News-Herald:
Kinney County site of battle for water
Johnson believes that unscrupulous “water speculators” are using the wealth of their companies and their personal influence to sway legislators like Texas Sen. Frank Madla -who represents Kinney County and Val Verde County — and state Sen. Ken Armbrister, R-Victoria, chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, to enact legislation that will pave the way for water marketers to begin exporting hundreds of thousands of gallons of groundwater out of Kinney County.
San Antonio Express-News:
Comment: Put teeth in laws protecting water
Sen. Kenneth Armbrister, D-Victoria, has introduced SB 574, targeting tree preservation and park dedication ordinances. In addition, the legislation would exempt developers from impact fee increases and resurrect projects for which local permits have expired.
Austin Chronicle:
Armbrister contributions from gambling interests
According to state Ethics Commission records, campaign donations made to Armbrister late last year included $2,500 each from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas and the Kickapoo Indians for Democracy, and $7,500 from Big City Capital, a Nevada-based concern run by Billy Bob Barnett, founder of Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth.
Austin Chronicle:
Lege Notes
Armbrister called continuing efforts by cities to set limits on development “troubling.”