Recently, former Republican Party official Mark McCaig announced his defense of IRS-style attacks on conservatives. An employee of Democratic super funder Steve Mostyn, McCaig has been the public face opposing a variety of conservative reforms in recent years. For...
More than two months ago we reported on House Speaker Joe Straus’s appointment of an array of discredited members to the “Select Interim Committee to Study Ethics Laws.” The committee was created by Senate Bill 1773 which was passed during the 83rd Legislative...
Evoking the same reaction as the obituary which caused Mark Twain to infamously declare that the reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated, the liberal establishment rag “Quorum Report” reported Wednesday that the conservative group “King Street Patriots” had...
Earlier this year, the Lubbock business establishment ran a candidate against Rep. Charles Perry in the Republican primary because he refused to accommodate their plan to give taxpayers the highest sales tax in the state. The plan, called “Imagine Lubbock Together,”...
House Speaker Joe Straus used a Friday press release to bury the news about his appointments to a joint interim committee that will review state campaign finance (so-called “ethics”) laws. The laws, and the body that oversees them, the Texas Ethics Commission, are...
At a Town Hall meeting Tuesday evening at West Texas College, State Representative Charles Perry shook hands with voters and local leaders from the surrounding community and talked about his vision for the Lone Star State. The college, which has an enrollment of about...
In an effort to defend a suit brought by Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan under the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Texas Ethics Commission has doubled down on their lawless behavior. Late last week, the TEC admitted for the first time that commissioners...
Before his committee backtracked and voted to Censure UT Regent Wallace Hall instead of issuing articles of impeachment on Monday, State Representative Dan Flynn sent a letter to members of the Republican Caucus defending his actions and attacking those of us who have...
In a symbolic vote Monday afternoon, the Texas House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, a committee headed by State Representative Dan Flynn (R–Van), chose to “Admonish” and “Censure” University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall for his efforts to...
In recent years, Texans have become more knowledgeable about how the connections between elected officials and the political consulting and lobby class can help explain those officials’ stances and actions. In a well-known case of the tail wagging the dog, many...