Governor Perry – The Texas Democrat Party Official Who Threatened to Kill NRA Members is Behind SB 346!
The Texas Democrat Party official who threatened to kill NRA President David Keene and all NRA members is an “interested party” supporting the passage of SB 346. The bill you are considering signing into law is based upon public comments submitted in writing to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission by John Cobarruvias! To make matters [...]
Houston Controller Candidate Bill Frazer to speak at Downtown Pachyderms
Great opportunity for you to hear from the next controller of the City of Houston, Bill Frazer, tomorrow at the weekly meeting of the Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club. From the Facebook event page: Bill Frazer announced his candidacy for Candidate for Houston City Controller in February of 2013. Mr. Frazer has many years of experience [...]
Rep. Debbie Riddle needs your help to combat housing projects in your neighborhood
Rep. Debbie Riddle is one of those politicians with whom I agree about 80% of the time. When she’s wrong (in my opinion), I let it be known. And when she’s right, she’s right, and I’m willing to help her in any way I can. And by golly, Big Jolly, she’s right when it [...]
City of Houston Neighborhood Preservation Meetings
Another release from Houston City Council Member Melissa Noriega: Immediate Release Contact: Sherry Weesner Tuesday, May 21, 2013 832.393.3005 Houston City Council Member Melissa Noriega Chapter 42 Community Meetings Houston, Texas - The recent adoption of amendments to Chapter 42, the City’s Land Subdivisions, Developments and Platting ordinance, provides residents with additional tools to preserve their neighborhood’s established character. The new [...]
City of Houston and the Memorial Park TIRZ
Memorial Park was a gift from the Hogg Family to the City of Houston. In 1924 Mike and Will Hogg, the sons of former Governor of Texas James Hogg (1891-1895), deeded 1,503 acres to the City of Houston. Under the transfer agreement, the land must be used for park purposes or be subject to reversion [...]
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst issues call to action for conservatives
From Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.: After murderer Kermit Gosnell was brought to justice, there are gruesome allegations that Houston abortionist Douglas Karpen murdered babies and operated a “house of horrors” clinic.We can do more to stop these incidents from ever happening with your help.First, find your State Senators here: http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/Home.aspxThen, call your State Senator and [...]
City of Houston: Special Called Transportation, Technology & Infrastructure Committee Meeting
From Houston City Council Member Melissa Noriega: For Immediate Release Contact: Sherry Weesner Monday May 20, 2013 832.393.3005 Houston City Council Member Melissa Noriega Special Called Transportation, Technology & Infrastructure Committee Meeting Houston, Texas – Council Member Melissa Noriega announces a Special Called Transportation, Technology & Infrastructure Committee meeting Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. [...]
The Real Scandal with the IRS: Organizing for Action and the Chicago-style Misuse of Governmental Power
In recent posts I have addressed two distinct issues: the attempt by the Democratic Party to use new technology to nationalize the urban-machine approach to party building mastered in Chicago during the 20th Century; and the coerced conformity at the root of the modern progressive view of society. Now I want to show how these [...]
Texas House should just say no to giving driving permits to illegal aliens
On the surface, I suppose, it would be easy to agree with the proponents of giving driving permits to people in the state of Texas that either entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas and are here illegally. After all, we want drivers on our roads to be qualified and insured, right? But when [...]
Why did Texas news sites not publish the “Turnaround Specialists” school district bill number?
From KXAN in San Antonio, let’s put forth some questions. Do Texas news outlets know that in Texas, on BOTH sides of the political aisle, activists are very savvy on navigating the websites of news outlets that report on bills moving through the Texas Legislature? Do nervous Texas Legislators know citizen journalists & community activists [...]
Why Sheila Jackson Lee Interrupted Darrell Issa: Magner v Gallagher
As Mandy Nagy noted in her post on the Legal Insurrection blog, on May 15th the House Judiciary Committee (on which the CONGRESSWWOOMMAAANN sits) conducted an interview of Department of Social Justice Attorney General Eric Holder. One of the tense moments circulating on the web (and links via email into my inbox) that the Houston [...]
Abusive IRS Tactics Stymied the Katy Tea Party Leading up to the 2012 Election
Abuses like those other Tea Party groups suffered at the hands of the Internal Revenue Service stymied the Katy (Texas) Tea Party’s efforts at a critical time leading to the 2012 elections, said the group’s former president, Darcy Kahrhoff. Darcy this week disclosed the written demands different IRS offices issued from 2010 to 2012, detailing [...]
Secret tribunal bill, aka runaway grand jury bill, goes down
As I noted here, SB834 by Estes would have protected and even increased the possibility of runaway grand juries, such as the one in Judge Susan Brown’s 185th District Court. Fortunately, the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee killed it by leaving it pending in committee. The only chance it has now of being revived is [...]
Will Houston’s version of Kermit Gosnell be investigated and charged?
As shocking as the photos and stories from ex-employees are in this report from Operation Rescue, I can’t say that I’m surprised: The three informants, Deborah Edge, Gigi Aguliar, and Krystal Rodriguez, have come forward to tell of their horrific experiences working for abortionist Douglas Karpen, at one of three of his Texas abortion clinics, [...]
Clear Lake Tea Party Reveals IRS Misconduct in 2010
Received this press release from the Clear Lake Tea Party: CONTACT: Mary Huls 832-618-6575 mhuls912@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clear Lake Tea Party Reveals IRS Misconduct in 2010 May 20, 2013 (Clear Lake, TX) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducted an intrusive and illegal intelligence gathering and intimidation effort against the Clear Lake Tea Party (CLTP) [...]
The IRS Scandal and Obama’s Magical Kingdom
When I first saw the excerpts of President Obama’s commencement speech at The Ohio State University, I shook my head over what seemed to be his increasingly bitter and false critique of the conservative view of limited government. Then as the news of the IRS scandal expanded, including the local angle of its impact on [...]
Faux grassroots groups fear transparency, attack Texas Republicans
Do you call it hypocrisy when a group pretends to be grassroots but is actually funded by one person? Is it hypocrisy when these same faux grassroots groups demand transparency from politicians but want their own finances to remain protected under the cover of darkness? If it isn’t hypocrisy, what is it? The reason for [...]
Shoreacres voters take new direction, ousting incumbent council members
I rarely write about my little home city of Shoreacres because I live here and people get mighty upset when I say something they don’t agree with. But Saturday’s election is an example of what happens when incumbent politicians either do not listen to the citizens or are perceived as not listening to the citizens. [...]
A Jerry Patterson Double-Header
Last week’s NRA Convention brought a record 86,228 attendees to the George R. Brown Convention in Houston and, to kick off the excitement among Second Amendment civil freedom-lovers, Thursday May 2nd served as a “Jerry Patterson for Lieutenant Governor” double-header day Downtown. Current Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson spoke to a full house of Downtown Pachyderm [...]
Felicia Cravens declares candidacy for Harris County Republican Party Chair
Not totally surprised by this: As a tea party leader, I’ve wanted to be independent of the Republican Party for many reasons. I wanted to be free to hold Republicans accountable. I wanted to avoid the charge of being a Republican auxiliary. I wanted to focus on the core beliefs of tea party: fiscal responsibility, [...]
