A Good Deed

On Wednesday evening I spotted a big semi tractor and not the usual (LCRA/Key) folks standing around on my corner at Cueva and HPR.
I went to investigate and found an LCRA employee and an LCRA tractor- no trailer (yet), and Rep.Patrick Rose and his aide.
They were waiting for an HEB tanker of potable water and Mr. Hammet (?) the Deer Creek developer.
My understanding is that Rep. Rose put together a deal to get water to the Deer Creek subdivision via HEB and LCRA. Rose was out there with no media, in the heat, making sure that the donated HEB water tanker and the donated LCRA driver and tractor connected up with Hammet who needed to be there to let them into the dry Deer Creek water facility.

This morning I met up with that same HEB water tanker and LCRA driver filling up with water from a hydrant on Cueva. He told me that he had been making runs to Deer Creek filling up their tanks since he saw me two days ago. He thought this run would be the last.

We could point a dozen fingers at whose to blame for the abysmal lack of planning, lack of protection, greed and squandering of our water resources but this morning I prefer to see a good deed....an elected representative of the people, a local business and a quasi-state utility agency working together donating their resources and getting water to those in need.



(~~~While explaining to me what was going on, Rose said, 'when you really need to get something done don't ask government...ask HEB!' )