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 [...]
City’s proposal to test rape kits out of state is misguided
February 25, 2013 By
The Houston City Council plans to vote this week on Mayor Annise Parker’s plan to have thousands upon thousands of untested rape kits processed by vendors in Utah and Virginia. As Don Hooper points out in a post titled Rape Victims v. The Houston Police Department-The Goal Line, this vote comes on the recommendation of a [...]
Houston Moves FORWARD! Job Losses To Affect 123 Families in Houston
December 2, 2012 By
The 10.1 % unemployment rate in California must be an unemployment rate the Harris County & Houston Democrats are trying to emulate. Another 123 Houston families will be thrown onto food stamps, unemployment insurance and God knows what other misery when 70 people at Champion Windows (in CD-2) and 53 people at Devon Energy (in [...]
Another Step Forward! Will Houston-Area Kroger Stores Employees Become Casualties of Obamacare?
November 11, 2012 By
In early October 2012, both the Orlando Sentinel and the Dallas Business Journal reported Darden Restaurants would experiment with limiting the hours worked by its employees in order to avoid health care requirements under Obamacare. Darden Restaurants, owners of the dining chains Olive Garden, Red Lobster, The Capital Grille, Longhorn Steakhouse and Eddie V’s (to [...]
Houston Tea Party Society Ballot Primer
October 11, 2012 By
Felicia Cravens and the Houston Tea Party Society presented an information session on the complicated, very long, Harris County November ballot Tuesday evening. They had a decent turnout for a short notice, Tuesday evening meeting, I’d guess the total turnout, including many candidates, was close to a hundred people. Political activist Neal Meyer not only [...]
Obama “Double Vote” HQ in Houston Owned by Former Jackson-Lee Staffer
October 11, 2012 By
Public property records show the building housing Organizing For America’s Houston headquarters is owned by Gerald Womack, former district manager for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee. The building, located at 4400 Almeda, is the location of a recently surfaced video on PJ Media and Election Law Center where a paid Obama Organizing for America director in [...]
What You Might Want to Know About Houston’s Proposition 1
October 8, 2012 By
Taking a cue from Nancy Pelosi’s “we have to pass the bill so we can find out what is in it” let’s take a peek at Houston’s Proposition No. 1 to “find out what is in it”, shall we? Proposition No 1 seems innocuous enough. It makes sense to amend a city charter by removing [...]
Houston Tea Party Society Election Season Ballot Primer
October 8, 2012 By
The Houston Tea Party Society is presenting an informational meeting tomorrow night to help you (and me) prepare for the very long ballot this November. From the Facebook event information: Join Houston’s original Tea Party in the ultimate election day primer for what’s on your ballot. In this free event we’ll go over the issues [...]
Greater Houston Pachyderms to talk Tort Reform
October 1, 2012 By
Tomorrow’s meeting of the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club should be very, very interesting. Pat Kiley will be the featured speaker on behalf of Texans for Lawsuit Reform. As you are probably aware, there is a move within the conservative Republican ranks to pull back on tort reform. And TLR itself is one of the reasons [...]
