NEWS
MALC holds kangaroo court in state Capitol
Yesterday, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus held a “hearing” at the state Capitol on the social studies curriculum standards that were approved in March by the State Board of Education.
Are All Dallas-Area Democrats Ethically Challenged?
Democratic State Rep. Helen Giddings and Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson are getting massive no-bid contracts from Dallas Love Field. And they are shocked — outraged, even — that some are a little worried about it. If you’re going to hold an office of public trust, and then make big bucks off of no-bid, sweetheart-deal contracts, I guess the only option is to be loud and proud.
Beware The Broadband Boondoggle
It seems almost quaint, that $434 hammer from the Pentagon’s procurement scandal of the 1980s. Taxpayers were outraged by the revelation that federal bureaucrats spent hundreds of dollars for everyday items found at a fraction of the cost at a local hardware store. As the federal government begins to distribute $7.2 billion in stimulus money to expand broadband access across the country, much more care should be taken to ensure the dollars are don’t become a high-tech boondoggle.
Dallas Morning News Calls Projected Shortfalls “Deficits”
The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board wrote an Op-Ed about projected budget shortfalls the Texas Legislatures will face next year, misnaming them deficits.
Build It and They Will Pay
State wide area transit authorities have been making headlines for their poor budgeting and planning. That means they are operating business as usual and taxpayers are going to be left holding the bill.
TCEQ and public school budgets
The headline: School budgets hanging on TCEQ decision.
Great improvements at the State Capitol
A few hours ahead of Van Taylor’s official swearing-in, the State Preservation Board is on top of things:
Big House Improvement
With very little fanfare, Texans will today have a markedly more ethical, and a significantly more conservative, state House. Two new members of the legislature are being sworn in, filling vacancies and improving the body. One is a Democrat with a working ethical compass, the other is a Republican who will legislate with his principles. In all, a good day for Texans.
Fiscal-conservatives in the House?
Ever the advocates for all-out-government growth no matter what, Dick Lavine of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, was quoted in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as saying: “Either we’re going to have to shut down some of these exemptions,
Voters Aren’t Buying
With the end of another bout of elections comes shortsighted, shallow analysis and whining by the print media. This week Enrique Rangel provided the former and the Dallas Morning News the latter.
Lone Star Tea Party speech – Fernando Trevino
On April 15th, 2010, I delivered this speech to an estimated 18,000 people at the Lone Star Tea Party at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The “Centrist” Scam, The “Moderate” Myth
The Quorum Report reported yesterday the 20/20 PAC, consisting of 10 self-styled “moderate” Democrat members, hired Billy Hamilton for fiscal policy advice. This of average interest by itself but raises an interesting issue: the “centrist” scam, the “moderate” myth.
The liberal media has two types of darlings in government.