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Traveling the highways and roads in the area has taken on a new meaning this week. I have been thinking a lot about what these highways would be like today if the state had been successful in 1991 in consolidating the Texas Department of Transportation office in Yoakum with that in Corpus Christi.
And I’m thanking the efforts of many including Charles Kvinta who fought a two-year battle to keep the district intact and the local residents maintaining our roadways.
In 1991, the Legislature was mandated to cut $21 million in spending from the highway department. It voted to cut the number of highway districts from 24 to 18 and create a new district in Laredo.
That set off a storm of protests across the state, but the loudest protest heard was from District 13, headquartered in Yoakum.
That protest was lead by many community leaders, but probably the most outspoken was Kvinta, a Yoakum attorney and community leader who refused to let the state kill a major employer in his...
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