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After all, state leaders relish calling Texas “wide open for business.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.35;">But four months into the session, the companies have little to show for the millions of dollars they spent </span>hiring a combined 59 lobbyists, with Tesla and Uber among the biggest teams at the Capitol<span style="line-height: 1.35;">. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.35;">As legislative deadlines loom, the bills they were steering appear to<strong> </strong>have run out of gas.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.35;">Tesla ...</span></p> <p><a id="content_more" href="/web/20150718050722/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/14/end-road-tesla-uber-bills/" class="more" title="Read full story">Full Story</a></p> </div> </article> <div id="comment_policy"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h1>Comment Policy</h1> </header> <p> The Texas Tribune is pleased to provide the opportunity for you to share your observations about this story. 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Quote </span> </p> <p class="comment">We, the 2014 Republican Party of Texas, believe in this platform and expect our elected leaders to uphold these truths through acknowledgement and action. We believe in:<br/>principle #9. A free enterprise society unencumbered by government interference or subsidies. (unless, of course it might “piss off all the auto dealers’’ as Troy Frazer put it.)<br/><br/>for more see: www.texasgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-Platform-Final.pdf</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 9:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Jerry Andrews </span> </p> <p class="comment">No doubt Texas will continue to do things the way we always do them in Texas. In the mean time, the rest of the world will continue to advance, develop and use technology to innovate. Innovate or perish, yes, even the mighty, petrochemical based Texas economy will suffer if the stubborn headed Republicans who run the state refuse to innovate. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000764575098"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000764575098/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 9:38 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000764575098">Mimi Miller</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Many bills good for Texan's lost steam! Only working 100 or so out of over 700 and lifetime pay must be nice!! Texas residents loose again!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513641344"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722im_/http://graph.facebook.com/513641344/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 10:01 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513641344">Allen Nemo</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Texas: Catering to alcohol distributors, dealerships and other outmoded middlemen.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509697562"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722im_/http://graph.facebook.com/509697562/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 10:05 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509697562">Kyle Kalkwarf</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">How did the lobbying money for each side compare?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000829316784"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000829316784/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 10:13 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000829316784">Neil Moyer</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Billionaire Red McComb takes $26+million of TX tax dollars every year for his COTA racetrack in Elroy south of Austin....</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005560090259"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100005560090259/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 12:25 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005560090259">Mary Anne Brown Beaty</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Tesla should just say GoodBye to the backward state. Texas is as bad as Oklahoma</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718050722/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153218388750837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 12:29 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Howard Hickman </span> </p> <p class="comment">The free market would dictate the abolition of dealer licensing, not creating a special class for one manufacturer, who believes it is a really special interest among a group of special interests.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 3:19 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Jim Vance </span> </p> <p class="comment">Power = money, and TADA collectively not only have far more of those $$$ than Elon Musk does at this point but also much, much greater longevity in their relationships established within the oligarchic Texas political system.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 3:29 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> E. Quote </span> </p> <p class="comment"> Howard Hickman said: "The free market would dictate the abolition of dealer licensing, ..."<br/>But that might “piss off all the auto dealers’’ as Troy Frazer put it.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 4:06 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Howard Hickman </span> </p> <p class="comment">The people of Texas should be the ones pissed off. TxDMV's regulation of dealers is a joke with a bad punch line. It is harder to get a driver's license than a dealer's license. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 14 @ 4:24 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> E. Quote </span> </p> <p class="comment"> Howard Hickman said: "The people of Texas should be the ones pissed off."<br/>Yep, we should! <br/><br/></p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 19 @ 6:48 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Todd Lockwood </span> </p> <p class="comment">The Texas legislature continues to operate on the wishful principle that "what's good for business is good for Texas. Consumer preferences be damned." Propping up outdated business models only serves to impede progress. Tesla and UBER are terrific examples of companies that better serve their customers. 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