My very favorite grassroots politician visited my home Republican club and I couldn’t make it! The old back just wouldn’t let me out of the chair. But good news! I asked David Janda to fill us in on the meeting and fortunately, he agreed. For free even! David is a lawyer, Board Member of the [...]
Downtown Pachyderms Schooled on Texas SBOE
April 13, 2013 By 2 Comments
Donna Bahorich, the Texas State Board of Education member representing Houston District 6, spoke to the Downtown Pachyderms at Spaghetti Warehouse last Thursday. Donna gave a very informative overview of the duties and responsibilities of the Texas SBOE. The four priorities of the Texas SBOE, as outlined by Donna are: fiduciary responsibility for the [...]
Do Texans really want more runaway Grand Juries?
April 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
Sen. Craig Estes (R-30) apparently does. Scott Henson over at GritsforBreakfast has the story: Cynics have long maintained that prosecutors could get the typical grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, implying they’re essentially in the pocket of the District Attorney and unlikely to supply a legitimate barrier to wrongful indictments. But if SB 834 by state Sen. [...]
Battleground Texas comes to Houston
April 10, 2013 By 14 Comments
This past Saturday I attended the first meeting of Battleground Texas held in Houston. They are on a 14 city tour of Texas rolling out the program which is intended to start the process of turning Texas into a swing State then into a Democrat held State. They are starting to build the infrastructure now [...]
It’s Simple, Really
April 10, 2013 By
Day after day, I read something new or hear something about the latest and greatest invention or “angle” from different groups or individuals within the Republican Block who have the answer on “Outreach.” Notice I didn’t say Republican Party, because I will get to that shortly. I am somewhat, no, very amused by how quickly [...]
Why the far right is losing influence at the Texas Capital
April 9, 2013 By 5 Comments
If you read the news about the current session of the Texas Legislature, much of it is focused on the newly discovered Republican “centrists”. In reality, they aren’t centrist at all, but with the redefinition of “conservative” over the past few years, ignoring the traditional definition and moving it so far right it has almost [...]
Clear Creek ISD and Galveston Daily News stacking the deck for bond issue?
April 8, 2013 By 3 Comments
When I first heard about an incident involving the Harris County Clerk’s office giving out real, live ballots to a couple of women that simply went to the office and asked for them, I thought it was just another example of County Clerk Stan Stanart’s struggles with administering the office. And that is certainly a [...]
An Economic Plan for Texas in the 21st Century: The Need to Prioritize
April 3, 2013 By 2 Comments
Today, I want to talk about the Texas budget. I firmly believe that the proper way to govern is to combine three things into the decision making process: (1) Identify the true needs of the state (often the state’s Constitution identifies these needs); (2) Prioritize spending based on a “cost-benefit analysis; and (3) Legislators and [...]
Todd Staples visits the Clear Lake Tea Party
April 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples made a stop on his book promotion tour/campaign for Lt. Gov. in Kemah last week at a Clear Lake Tea Party meeting. I wanted to go for the same reason I went to a couple of stops by Jerry Patterson the previous week: to get an early feel for [...]
Are you kidding me Republican Party of Texas?
March 27, 2013 By 11 Comments
Psst: Republican Party of Texas: this all you got? How about we count some of the ways this is stupid, ignorant, ineffective, and downright offensive? Okay? First off, do you really think it is effective to bash President Obama to a community that voted overwhelmingly for him? Isn’t it time we pulled something out of [...]
