Interestingly enough, Orr was also the vote canvasser in charge of Hill County during the 2016 Republican Primary – where mismatched vote totals erred in Cook’s favor.
By Greg Harrison|August 25, 2017Posts for Greg Harrison
It’s coming back up for a vote in the House as soon as tomorrow (Friday), and unless representatives are held accountable, this reform will be killed again.
By Greg Harrison|August 10, 2017If city officials were even remotely serious about Austin’s affordability crisis, they wouldn’t have even proposed – much less finalized – such an aggressive new maximum in advance of looming legislative protections.
By Greg Harrison|August 10, 2017“The first fight I ever got into was when someone told me I was voting for Stevenson,” says Ray Myers, a highly engaged conservative activist. “‘I like Ike!’ I responded – and the fight was on!”
By Greg Harrison|August 6, 2017Tax-funded lobbying groups such as Texas Municipal League and the Texas Association of Counties are maneuvering in lock-step with cities such as Round Rock to defeat pro-taxpayer reforms during this special session.
By Greg Harrison|July 31, 2017Gov. Abbott even referred to current practice as “piracy by government, a tyranny of taxation without representation that would have made old King George proud.”
By Greg Harrison|July 24, 2017Straus loyalists have been quick to claim the resolution last week was a matter of circumstantial numbers – but a new poll of the county precinct chairs paints a different picture.
By Greg Harrison|July 22, 2017Appointing Democrats to key committees, referring to Abbott’s agenda as “horse-manure,” and rejecting the planks of the GOP platform are just a few of the reasons for censure articulated in the resolution.
By Greg Harrison|July 21, 2017