GALVESTON OFFICIALS ASK TEXAS COURT TO RECONSIDER BEACH RULING
Joe Jaworski
"I think the Supreme Court really needs to understand the impact of its ruling. It's not just a theoretical question -- they just changed Galveston Island's ability to nourish its beaches " Mayor Joe Jaworski said.
 "These are Texas' beaches " he said. "It's ironic that the Supreme Court has essentially said it's every man for himself."
 Although the court rarely grants motions to rehear an already decided case  the stakes are too high to ignore any options  said Jaworski  Galveston's mayor. Galveston's beach-rebuilding effort  replacing 54 million cubic feet of sand  was essential to restoring the island's battered economy and shoring up several damaged neighborhoods  Jaworski said.
 And unless the beach is restored  the city cannot move forward on several pending projects  such as replacing a washed-out road to beachfront houses in the Spanish Grant neighborhood  Jaworski said. "These houses are sitting there without a street " he said.
 Jaworski fears some beach residents will abandon the city in frustration. Other city leaders fear landowners will erect their own anti-erosion concrete barriers  creating an unsightly blot that could worsen erosion on nearby tracts.
 "This has really cast a pall on the west end right now " Jaworski said.
"I think the Supreme Court really needs to understand the impact of its ruling. It's not just a theoretical question -- they just changed Galveston Island's ability to nourish its beaches " Mayor [TGT] said.
 "These are Texas' beaches " he said. "It's ironic that the Supreme Court has essentially said it's every man for himself."
 Although the court rarely grants motions to rehear an already decided case  the stakes are too high to ignore any options  said Jaworski  Galveston's mayor. Galveston's beach-rebuilding effort  replacing 54 million cubic feet of sand  was essential to restoring the island's battered economy and shoring up several damaged neighborhoods  Jaworski said.
 And unless the beach is restored  the city cannot move forward on several pending projects  such as replacing a washed-out road to beachfront houses in the Spanish Grant neighborhood  Jaworski said. "These houses are sitting there without a street " he said.
 Jaworski fears some beach residents will abandon the city in frustration. Other city leaders fear landowners will erect their own anti-erosion concrete barriers  creating an unsightly blot that could worsen erosion on nearby tracts.
 "This has really cast a pall on the west end right now " Jaworski said.