by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Apr. 3, 2008 | State
Lawmakers have only recently come under fire for a decades-old practice in the Texas House: ghost voting. This is where someone votes for an absent colleague. It often happens with the consent of the absent (but not always), and usually in the manner the member would...
by Tony McDonald | Apr. 2, 2008 | Local
Last Sunday a group of friends and I from Young Conservatives of Texas went up to Belton to walk precincts and meet voters for Ralph Sheffield’s campaign. Ralph is a great guy. He’s the owner of a mexian food restaurant called Las Casas in Temple (Go and...
by Admin | Apr. 1, 2008 | Local
Martha Tyroch, a candidate for State Representative in HD55, has a disturbing pattern of charging taxpayers for luxury accomodations and lavish dinners. In 2005, Tyroch booked a suite at the exclusive Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. for a cost of over $450 per...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Apr. 1, 2008 | State
We hosted a live conference call last night for folks in House District 81 — and some 2,500 took part in the call to ask questions of fiscal conservative Tryon Lewis, who the Empower Texans PAC has endorsed in the run-off. The questions ranged from tax and...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 31, 2008 | Local
Taxpayer hero Jodie Laubenberg has come out strongly supporting Randy Dunning in the run-off race for House District 112 in Richardson and Garland. Why is she supporting Dunning? Find out here!
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 28, 2008 | State
Did you know cities are required to post signs telling you red-light cameras are in effect at an intersection? And without the signs, they cannot collect a fine? We chatted this week with State Rep. Bill Callegari, who passed the law and is bothered by the lack of...
by Mlevin | Mar. 28, 2008 | Federal
The Center for Responsive Politics has a new bracket comparing the Sweet 16 universities by their federal lobbying expenditures. By this measure, UCLA ($560k) will play UNC ($31Ok) in the Finals – UT-Austin at $200k would be on the sidelines. The bracket is at:...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 27, 2008 | Federal, State
One of the strongest voices for fiscal conservativism, and commonsense governance, is Steve Moore. He founded the Club for Growth, and now serves as senior economics writer at the Wall Street Journal, and a writer on the vaunted editorial page. He’s truly a...
by Mlevin | Mar. 27, 2008 | Local
Hot air has arrived before summer, as the City of Austin has paid $20,000 in public funds for a survey of the public on global warming, which asks questions such as “whether you will be affected by climate change.” It also asks respondents to say what the...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 26, 2008 | Local
It is possible for a city to spend half-a-billion dollars over 25 years for an as-yet unbuilt facility. Just ask the Austin City Council, which seems intent on doing just that. In the mid-1980s, the city planned to spend $165 million to build a water treatment plant....
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 26, 2008 | Local
Yesterday I had the privilidge of speaking in Collin County at an event hosted by the chambers of commerce. The real treat, though, was getting to hear County Judge Keith Self address economic policy and fiscal reform. We’ll have more on him in the coming days,...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 26, 2008 | State
It’s a delicious irony: Texas’ taxpayers are being forced to fork over $250,000 to “invest” in a miracle drug that will allegedly combat obesity. Sound like more high-calorie pork? It’d be cheaper to tell the lard-laden to put the...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 24, 2008 | State
It’s not just hot-air created by global warming proponents. Now they want your job and family income, too. Have you noticed that the ya-hoos yelling the loudest for policy changes to stave off global warming are usually the same quasi-Marxist ya-hoos who always...
by Mlevin | Mar. 20, 2008 | State
A Houston television report has revealed that the list of fees imposed by Texas state government spans some 85 pages. The story notes that Governor Rick Perry and Rep. Mark Strama will work for legislation next session to ensure that these fees are either used for...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 20, 2008 | State
Taxpayers have been picking up the tab for processing paycheck deductions to fund a liberal union’s political activities. Sound rotten? That’s why taxpayer hero Leo Berman is asking the Texas Attorney General to review the process. While dues to the Texas State...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 20, 2008 | Local
West Texans probably felt their wallets being picked this week, as government-growers and tax-hikers went to Odessa in an effort to prop up the frail candidacy of Buddy West in a Republican run-off. West got kudos from anti-taxpayer lawmakers like Delwin Jones of...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 20, 2008 | Local
Austin Police have been wrongly spending money seized during the course of investigations – violating state and federal laws governing the way those dollars can be used. Who called in the budget cops? Austin’s own chief of police. According to today’s Austin...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 19, 2008 | Local
State Rep. Herbert Vo is being accused of accepting illegal corporate campaign contributions. The Democratic state representative from Houston allegedly got a company to offer discount coupons on clothes when someone gave money to his campaign. Right about now Mr. Vo...
by Admin | Mar. 18, 2008 | State
The Empower Texans PAC today announced its enthusiastic endorsement of Tryon Lewis in the run-off race for House District 81. The Empower Texans PAC is the state general political action committee of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and EmpowerTexans.com. During the...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 17, 2008 | State
Red-Light cameras are all the rage among cool cities with big budgets, using hi-tech to nab drivers who illegally coast (or fly) through intersections. Critics have maintained the cameras violate civil liberties and amount to a cash-grab by cities. Proponents tell us...
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