DTR must show improvement or lose Alamo stewardship

In the last week of March, Texas legislation declared three measures that the Daughters must follow if they want to stay on as keepers of the Alamo. The Texas attorney general's investigation of the Alamo's upkeep has raised questions on whether the Daughter's efforts to raise funds and maintain it are satisfactory. If they do not meet these challenges proposed by congress, then the state of Texas - who actually owns the Alamo - will have just cause to terminate DRT's stewardship. One measure that the Daughters could put in place to save their guardianship is to prepare a comprehensive annual report available to the public. The other two bills would put the Texas Historical Commission in change of the Alamo's preservation and maintenance and then authorize the Daughters (however stated in the bill as the "non profit") to be responsible for the Alamo's management.

Scott Huddleston, a San Antonio Express-News staff writer, has investigated the public record and has determined from it that the DRT's budget only shows a $350 amount set aside for preservation efforts during its 2007-2009 fiscal years. He claims that, "No matter what the attorney general's office ultimately finds, the Daughters effectively have two more years to get their house in order because of the timing of the investigation in relation to the legislative calendar."

It seems to me that the Daughters have their work cut out for them. They have been threatened with legislation that could terminate their efforts and drastically hurt their organization as a result. I will keep you updated with anymore recent news. In the meantime, I plan to take a trip to San Antonio to judge for myself just how good of a care-taking job the Daughters are doing. Look forward to pictures and stories to come!

Story from the article "DRT must show major improvement at Alamo"
San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board
Updated 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2011Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/DRT-must-show-major-improvement-at-Alamo-1313404.php#ixzz1ICXgOhQp