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I totally agree. F.Y. 2008 averaged around 6,091 licenses issued/month(recalling from memory, I may be a little off). Since the fiscal year ends Aug.31, I'd hope they'd have the years results by end of September, but one never knows.

Thanks Commander. I'm well aware of prior years stats. I am looking with anticipation to the F.Y. 2009 stats.

Not to get off topic, but does DPS publish M-T-D and Y-T-D statistics for applications issued? I'd be curious to know.

{Now, back to our regularly scheduled program}

Commander, many thanks for posting the link and the exerts of the June 18 meeting. The full text is available in the "transcriptions" section of the calendar.

It is encouraging to read that DPS is attempting to clear out the backlog by Sept.1, due to additional staffing by temps. But as Alice Tripp stated accurately, the temps are there to deal with the "spike" in applications. If the spike continues, then it is not a "spike" per se, but a continued and sustained raised level of demand.

Let's hope that the sustained level of demand leads to permanent hiring of additional personnel in Austin, and in the field for the b.g. checks.

it does appear they are working on the problem. As I've said before, it will be very interesting to note when statistics are published about the CHL for f.y. 2009.

KRM45 wrote: Your definition of comming up through the ranks is much different than mine. From the breif bio it appears to me he was a Trooper for 6 years more than 25 years ago. The rest of his career appears to have been spent in the FBI, and as a pollitical apointee of the Governor. The fact he is not wearing a uniform leads me to the conclusion that he is not even a certified peace officer anymore. I suspect this will not sit well with the rank and file.

Yes I suspect it is very much different than yours. But that's ok, if we agree to disagree.

If you go back and carefully read my comment, I said LE background, which if I'm reading correctly: his career started with DPS(6 years)...THEN he was appointed a Special Agent with the FBI(1983 to 2004 = 21 years). FBI...that qualifies as Law Enforcement, doesn't it? At least it does fit my definition. Since 2004....Director of Texas Homeland Security. 5 years.

So yes, I think I accurately catagorized his experience as in Law Enforcement. And I still wish him well.

Thanks for the post generush, and welcome to the forum! Glad to have you join us.

I wonder what caused this changing of the guard? In any event he has come up through the ranks from the LE background, and not some bureaucrat that has spent his career behind a desk.

I wish him well.