which is like the chairman of the texas at the senate transportation commission is this man, robert nickels. he rural texas. he has an enormous of power. but like his constituents don't really need or want transit. i certainly think like in rural texas are an appropriate solution. but like, i mean, the like voters in texas don't have much power in the state legislature and that is manifest negatively in many ways. and one of them is transportation. yes. in the book you don't really address the highway lobby, which is oil and gas motor vehicles, highway construction and suburban development. all those industries make a lot of money off of highway building and, you know, are you sure it's the transportation commission that's making these decisions? is it the highway lobby? oh, i mean, it's absolutely a story of political corruption. and i did do that reporting for my story in the texas observer that ran in 2021, looking the associated general contractors just as a as a slice of that highway lobby of how much money they give to texas politicians. and like i said, they give now they've given mo