Dec 13, 1989, KPRC TV, Nitecast with Ron Stone, 3 min human interest story….
“Soon Houston will be entering a new century, and already some Houstonians are making big plans for the Houston of the future, tonight reporter BeeBee Burns talks with one of those visionaries, just an ordinary guy with some extraordinary ideas….I love it, I love it”….
—Ron Stone, NBC local anchor
- Jan 5, 1990, KUHT, Almanac Issues Program, 10 min TV interview (one of three)
- July 2, 1990, Houston Business Journal, 1000 word guest column (one of three)
- July 9, 1990, KCOH Radio, live one hour interview with Michael Harris, talk host
- Aug 5, 1990, Houston Defender, 100 word guest column
- Feb 21, 1991, Houston Post, human interest full column by Juan Palomo
- Mar 21, 1991 Houston Press, 2 page interview with Alan Field & Tim Fleck
- Mar 23, 1991, Telemundo TV, 8 min interview with M. Marini
- Sept 10, 1992, Houston Press, “Rasputin of Rail” article by Barry Moore
Joe Olson did a total of sixteen, live, in studio interviews of one or two hours each with Jon Matthews of KPRC Radio on METRO rail corruption and future 200 mpg hybrid electric autos during this period. Also three one hour studio interviews with attorney, Jim Evans on his KTRH radio program and one with Michael Harris of KCOH.
In addition there were numerous articles written and published in community newspapers and dozens of short interview clips on all of the local TV stations. Of particular interest is the “One Track Mind” article in the March 21, 1991 Houston Press. In this article I disclose the corruption of METRO and city officials and the blatant extortion in the rail contract. See corruption back story.
During the six year Mayor Bob Lanier period there was no discussion of rail in Houston.
METRO, however was able to amend the state law to allow non-competitive bid construction. When Lee Brown was elected mayor powerful forces directed a no-bid trolley which we will suffer with for the next fifty years. To implement this policy the Houston Chronicle ran it’s one and only mention of my rail proposal on Oct 12, 1997. This was half page, cover of the Outlook Section, complete with quarter pager rendering. A purely provocateur piece designed to introduce Main Street as the new corridor, but with no intention of ever allowing debate on the type of system or service area. Call it ‘peer’ review, Houston style.
METRO Rail Corruption Back Story
As disclosed in the “One Track Mind” article in the Houston Press, Mar 21, 1991,
METRO was proposing a ‘no bid contract’ in violation of state law Vernons Code 664-4 and when I brought this subject up in a one hour private meeting with future mayor Bob Lanier, he told me that a prominent Houston contractor had told Bob….”If we don’t have to bid against anybody we can hide $200 million of excess profit in this billion dollar project and we can all get rich on this.”
On Monday, June 25, 1990 appointed, Black METRO Chairman Anthony Hall held a press conference for Houston’s Black news media in which he dictated…”I need to make this rail thing happen and here’s what you are going to do; you are going to write what I tell you to write, you’re going to interview who I tell you to interview and you’re going to print what I tell you to print. If you don’t do this you will not get any advertising or printing money out of the City of Houston or out of METRO.” My rail went thru Black neighborhoods connecting them with travel, business and education opportunities but the message was clear, you ‘shuck and jive for the man’ or you won’t get any of the crumbs that fall off the table.
In a one hour meeting with the METRO General Manager, Robert MacLennan, PE, I informed him that the proposed no-bid contract was in violation of state law and he replied “Yeah, I know we’ve got our attorneys working as hard as they can to find a way around that state law.” A government agency was using taxpayer’s money to pay attorneys to find a way around a state law designed to save taxpayers money.
My rail proposal involved high speed heavy rail doing what rail does best: going long distances in a straight line at high speed. Houston has one way traffic on Fannin and Travis parallel to Main and low rise over passes on cross streets would have freed Main Street for a pedestrian and rail mall. My thumbnail pitch involved a poster of existing Main Street and a rendering of this possible future.
“Main Street before a noisy, dirty abandoned bus corridor….Main Street after a marble lined, glass covered, air conditioned shopping mall with a high speed rail connecting Intercontinental Airport, downtown, seven universities, the Medical Center and Hobby Airport with a 27.5 mile high speed heavy rail…..for you….only one billion dollars.”
I made a hundred public speaking engagements to civic clubs and received standing ovations from thousands of Houstonians. I was never invited to a debate. I never had a follow up question from city council or METRO Board members during dozens of public comment presentations. Why allow discussion if the back room power brokers have already decided how the public was to be fleeced. Life in the land of the free.
METRO has delivered a seven mile long 19th century trolley for one billion dollars. Google “High Noon on Main Street” to see my latest efforts for free and open debate.
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Strange Tale of Green House May 30, 2009 CR
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Humanities Last Chance Jun 7, 2009 CR
Thought Provoking by Design Jun 19, 2009 CR
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Challenge for Climate Savants Jul 21, 2009 CR
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Nothing Up This Oct 20, 2009 CR + CFP
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A Note About My Web Postings
I am eternally grateful for these web postings to the following hosts:
Alex @ InfoWars.com
Gabe @ ClimateRealists.com
Marc @ ClimateDepot.com
Judi @ CanadaFreePress.com
Adam @ FreemenInstitute.com
And to the many thousands of web host world-wide who have shared my work in over a dozen languages. This has been a labor of love, freely given to humanity, that we might rescue humanity from the grips of elitist slavery. To date I have not received and financial return from this investment. That may change, for in July 2009 I was invited to be co-author of Slaying the Sky Dragon, the definitive Earth science text of the 21st century. I wish to thank my fellow Slayers and pray that you join us in educating and freeing science and our blessed human family.
