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THE BATTALION
Brazoria County opposes
smog reduction plans
ANGLETON,(AP) — Leaders
in Brazoria County, part of an
eight-county region that must com
ply with federal air quality stan
dards by . 2007, are formally
protesting Texas regulators’ plans
to impose smog reduction mea
sures like those for Houston.
Commissioners on Tuesday
unanimously passed a resolution au
thorizing the Brazoria County dis
trict attorney to take “all appropri
ate legal actions” to ensure that the
county receives a fair hearing before
the Texas Natural Resource Conser
vation Commission (TNRCC).
The TNRCC, which has already
given preliminary approval of pro
posed smog reduction plans for the
Houston-Galveston area, is now
considering testimony on the plans.
A final version will be adopted in
December and sent to federal offi
cials for consideration.
County leaders want a voice in
negotiations that will determine
what environmental measures are
adopted, Jesse Hibbetts, chairman
of the Business Coalition Task
Force for the Brazosport Chamber
of Commerce, told the Houston
Chronicle in Wednesday’s editions.
^We don't think
what we do af
fects Houston.
The air and water
in our county is
cleaner than it's
been in 40 years.”
— jesse Hibbetts
chair of the Business Coalition
Task Force for the Brazosport
Chamber of Commerce
“We don’t think what we do af
fects Houston,” Hibbetts said. “The
air and water in our county is clean
er than it’s been in 40 years.”
Brazoria County officials have
been the most vocal in the Houston
area in opposing the state’s propos
als to curb ground-level ozone.
Government and business leaders
say the sprawling county, much of
it farms and ranches, shouldn’t be
under the same restrictions as more
urban counties.
Commissioners’ resolution con
tends no conclusive proof exists
that Brazoria County contributes to
ozone rates recorded in Harris
County and that nitrogen oxide
emissions attributed to vehicles in
the county are overstated.
The resolution also states that in
dustries lowered their point-source
nitrogen oxide levels from 103 in
1996^to77 in 1999.
This month, the TNRCC will
hold public hearings and solicit writ
ten comments on its plan to reduce
emissions that contribute to ground-
level ozone, smog’s main ingredient.
News in Brief
Police search
for bathtub slayer
ARLINGTON (AP) — Police
have searched the North Texas
home of a suspect charged in
the bathtub murders of two
teachers and two sexual as
saults that have eluded investi
gators for years.
Officers late Tuesday were
searching for evidence in the case
after officers arrested Dale Devon
Scheannette, a suspect in the
1996 slayings, hours earlier. The
27-year-old Arlington man was ar
rested at his home on a capital
murder warrant for both killings.
Scheannette remained behind
bars Wednesday with no bond
set, Arlington jail supervisor Sgt.
Tony Folkers said. The suspect is
charged in the killings of Wpndie
Prescott and Christine Vu.
The two teachers were slain
months apart in 1996 at the
same apartment complex in
southwest Arlington after being
strangled and beaten.
Both women were found dead,
naked and face down in a partially
filled bathtub. Prescott was found
murdered on Christmas Day in
1996, three months after Vu’s
murder in the same complex.
Regulators investigate
auto insurance fraud
DALLAS (AP) — State regulators are investigating one of Texas’ top
auto insurers for overcharging thousands of drivers who watched their pre
miums go up after they were involved in accidents.
The estimated overcharges by the Farmers Insurance Group could
amount to several million dollars, according to the Texas Department of In
surance.
The agency said Tuesday it will seek refunds for all affected Farmers In
surance policyholders and consider fihes against the company.
“This will surely involve restitution and could involve some sort of puni
tive action, including fines,” said Jim Davis, of the Department of Insur
ance, according to the The Dallas Morning News Wednesday.
A spokesman for Farmers declined to estimate the total amount of over
charges. When asked how many Farmers policyholders were affected. Bob
Huxel told the newspaper, “We hope to have those numbers firmed up by
next week.”
The Texas Department of Insurance began looking at the allegations af
ter they were reported by Farmers.
The company — the second largest auto insurer in Texas with more than
$1 billion in premiums — acknowledged that a class-action lawsuit by a
group of policyholders was being prepared when executives approached state
regulators.
That lawsuit has been abandoned now that insurance regulators are look
ing into the overcharges, The Morning News reported.
The excessive charges involved drivers who were in accidents in which
they were at fault. Farmers reportedly levied surcharges against these at-fault
policyholders for longer than state regulations allow.
Also on Tuesday, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor announced
a new toll-free hotline for reporting possible insurance fraud.
Montemayor said the state loses at least $2 billion a year to insurance
scams.
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THE BLACK WATCH AND THE BAND/CHOIR
OF THE PRINCE OF WALES'S DIVISION,
THE AGGIE BAND AND THE SINGING
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September 22
FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL - November 12
THE BOYS CHOIR OF HARLEM - December 4
JEKYLL AND HYDE - January 24-25
AEROS - February 7
. PETER PAN - February 25
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