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itate Senate confirms appointment of officials
and first minority to serve on the
three-member panel.
“I pledge to do my very best,” Ms.
Guerrero, of Austin, told the Senate.
She replaces John Sharp, who was
elected state comptroller.
Groups seek
franchise bid
for fast train
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Sen-
j unanimously confirmed John
jnnah as secretary of state and
jaGuerrero as a railroad commis-
0r Wednesday, taking swift ac-
ijii on Gov. Ann Richards’ first ap-
mments.
“We have deliberated only for a
short while because we had such
good quality,” said Sen. Gonzalo
Barrientos, a Democrat from Austin
who heads the Nominations Com
mittee.
Approval of the appointments
came one day after Richards’ inau
guration. The Democratic governor
earlier had announced her nomi
nations.
Guerrero, who resigned her
House seat for the place on the Rail
road Commission, is the first woman
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AUSTIN (AP) — Two investors’
groups applied Wednesday for the
state franchise to build a 200 mph
railroad they said could be carrying
passengers between Dallas-Fort
Worth and Houston by 1998.
The groups paid $500,000 in ap
plication fees and said their projects
would add Austin and San Antonio
lines in a second phase of construc
tion.
Wednesday was the deadline for
submitting proposals to the Texas
High Speed Rail Authority. Author
ity officials said they would hold
hearings on the plans and hoped to
award a franchise in mid-May.
Both applicants said high-speed
train travel would prove more con
venient and more environmentally
sound than other modes of transpor
tation in the future.
“Texans are realizing, as Euro
peans have for some time, that high
speed rail — at speeds of up to 200
mph — is not only a viable alterna
tive to our existing air and road
transportation systems in Texas, but
will offer a fast, safe and environ
mentally sensitive mode of transpor
tation for the next century,” said
Glenn Biggs, president of Texas Fas-
Trac Inc.
FasTrac, a Texas-German consor
tium, proposed a 200 mph, electric-
powered train line between Dallas-
Fort Worth and Houston, via Waco
and College Station. It would add
Austin and San Antonio in a second
segment, with an east-west link from
Houston “when growth warrants.”
The FasTrac group includes three
Texas-based contractors — Brow n &
Root, HCB Contractors and H.B.
Zachry Co. — and a consortium of
German firms, Biggs said.
The second proposal was sub
mitted by the Texas TGV Consor
tium, which proposed a $5.7 billion
project with 590 miles of double
track. Its first segment also would
connect Dallas-Fort Worth and
Houston.
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City Manager George Campbell was
promoted to city manager by the
City Council to replace Bill Kirch-
hoff.
Campbell will take office Feb. 22.
His appointment by Mayor Richard
Greene was approved unanimously
by the council subject to finalizing a
contract.
Kirchhoff resigned Jan. 8 to ac
cept a job as head administrator in
Redondo Beach, Calif.
“I’m convinced this city’s on the
verge of a new era, and Saturday is
the start of it,” Campbell said, refer
ring to an election that would in
crease sales tax by a half-cent. If ap
proved, the money will help build a
new baseball stadium complex for
the Texas Rangers.
Campbell, 46, is an Arlington na
tive and has worked for the city for
seven years. He will draw a salary be
tween his current $90,000 and
Kirchhoffs $108,150 salary.
Campbell said he does not antic
ipate problems with Councilman
Dick Malec, whom Kirchhoff cited as
his primary reason for resigning.
Kirchhoff accused Malec of inces
sant harassment.
“I think that was an unfortunate
situation, and I hope it proves to be a
unique situation,” Campbell said. “I
think we’ll have differences, me and
any member of the council, but it
will be in a manner that Arlington is
used to — a civil manner.
Greene and others echoed that
sentiment, saying they will discuss
writing a code of conduct for council
members next week.
Councilwoman Paula Hightower
said the council decided in closed
session that it didn’t need to conduct
a national search for a new city man
ager.
“We had a man in the house who
was more than capable,” Coun
cilman Bill McFadin said. “He’s paid
his dues.”
One of three Arlington deputy
city managers, Campbell supervises
the police, fire, library, and parks
and recreation departments, in addi
tion to the Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
He served as city manager in
Weatherford and Coppell before ac
cepting his Arlington post n 1983.
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