Congressional leaders, including Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis/Arlington), heard on Friday from several car dealers who recently lost their franchises and then questioned the executives that made the decision to take them away. One dealer who made the trip to the Nations Capital was Ellis County’s Frank Tres Blankenbeckler. He runs Carlisle Chevrolet-Cadillac in Waxahachie, which started selling cars in almost 85 years ago, making it the oldest Chevy dealer in the state of Texas.
