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Joe Barton (Finally) Calls It Quits

Disgraced US Rep. Joe Barton, finally succumbed to mounting pressure from conservatives, will not seek reelection in 2018. According to the news site Axios, Barton made his decision on Thursday. "I've always listened to people in Texas and worked for them in...

Another Big Win for Residents Fighting Mesquite’s Land Grab

Residents of two North Texas counties who vowed to fight a city’s land grab “until the end” are almost there – and they’re winning. Landowners in unincorporated parts of Kaufman and Dallas counties, who have been fighting forced annexation by the City of Mesquite for...

Texas House District 41, Silent in the Battlefield?

On November 13, Hidalgo County GOP met for its final executive committee meeting of the year. They signed up precinct chairs, discussed the budget, filing deadlines for candidates, and lastly the future of Hidalgo County GOP. Within discussion at the meeting, HCGOP...

O’Hare to Barton: ‘Retire from Congress’

In a strongly worded statement posted to his Facebook page, Tarrant County's Republican Party chairman has called on US Rep. Joe Barton to retire by the end of the year. The statement comes after lurid revelations of Barton's sexual activities were revealed in the...

Celina Officials Push Through One Last Land Grab

Just two days before Thanksgiving, and ten days before a new law restricting the practice takes effect, officials in a North Texas city pushed through one last batch of forced annexations – leaving property owners impacted by the land grab feeling less than thankful....

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Texans Can Drain The Swamp

In Swamp Country, there is a fight between Obama appointee Leandra English and President Trump to lead the bureaucratic, inefficient, and unconstitutional Consumer Financial Protection Board.  (I've previously stated we should get rid of all unconstitutional federal...

Bureaucrats Bemoan Biedermann’s Defense of Taxpayers

After taxpayers in one Texas town rejected a proposed $12.6 million debt proposal, city bureaucrats and their enablers are taking issue with a local lawmaker who stood with taxpayers. Earlier this month, taxpayers in Fredericksburg shot down a city bond proposal that...

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