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Yoo-hoo, Beverly Woolley…
Endorsing Straus doesn’t make Straus a conservative. It makes you a liberal.
The man you endorsed:
- Was brought to power by the Democrats
- Only has unanimous pledges for Speaker from one party in the House of Representatives: The Democrats. Straus is the Democrats choice.
- Presided over a session wherein roll-rates indicated clear Democratic control
In Defense Of Military Voters
In HD-48, Republican Dan Neil is taking his recount battle to unseat incumbent State Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin) directly to the Texas Legislature. Travis County officials are now admitting that (some?) straight-ticket overseas ballots were counted for the November election, but only in statewide races.
Fed Up this Christmas?
Most of us have become fed up by politicians, especially those of the federal variety. With our federal government bloated unrecognizably out of its constitutional bounds, no facet of life has been left untouched, untaxed or unregulated.
Rep. Smith again mucking up Voter ID?
If there is anything the DC debate on the ill-named DREAM Act has taught us in Texas, it’s that our public universities are filled with those who are residing in the country illegally and, despite that fact, are politically active.
Higher Ed. budget cuts, don’t shed too many tears
“Institutions of higher education, like other state agencies, are looking for already lean budget areas they can take a knife to – a second time. They are charged by the state’s leadership with identifying an additional 2.5 percent in cuts in state General Revenue funding from their Fiscal Year 2011 budgets.
Straus Calls Property Tax Protections ‘Bad Policy’
Texans frustrated by ever-rising property taxes have special reason to be engaged in the speaker race. Incumbent Speaker Joe Straus not only opposes efforts to cap property taxes, but has made sure any such reforms die in committee.
Righting With Ritter & Pena
Political tongues are waging with word Democratic State Representatives Allan Ritter (D-Nederland) and Aaron Pena (D-Edinburg) have swapped the ‘D’ for an ‘R’ in advance of the legislative session, giving the GOP a secure super-majority in the House. Now we’ll see if the GOP can handle the power.
TX GOP Supermajority Quickly Becoming a Reality
Earlier this month, I published an article on party switchers for Empower Texans. It was more wishful thinking on my part than anything else, but would you know it, apparently there are several Democrats considering such a move in the Texas House. But wait—it gets better. One of these possibly party switchers is from the Rio Grande Valley—Hidalgo county at that!
Latest Snub To Military Voters
Following an election recount last week, State Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin) has been declared the winner in HD-48 by 12 votes. But were all the votes counted? Not so, according to Dan Neil, her Republican challenger, who claims Travis County didn’t properly count the ballots of military members serving overseas.
Forecasting Investigations?
There’s a satirical e-mail circulating around the Capitol crowd taking a “future” look at the legal implications of contributions House Speaker Joe Straus made during the 2010 election season.
Party Switchers
A month after gaining a historic 690 legislative seats across all 50 states, Republicans are still growing their new majorities and basically making state Democrats even more miserable, especially in the south—but what about Texas?
Susan Criss tells Greg Abbott “not yet”
Galveston Judge Susan Criss is blocking General Abbott’s order for the release of TWIA settlement details.