Video from KXXV in Waxo, Rep. Carter facing financial criticism.
Waco Trib on Carter’s disclosure problem, Round Rock U.S. Rep. Carter amends financial disclosure forms; Democrats see hypocrisy in his criticism of colleague. It’s not just Democrats.
John Carter’s Rangel-esque Moment.
“It looks like there’s $300,000 worth of his own [...]
Via press release, Rep. Maldonado: Williamson County Positioned as a Leader in Higher Education:
Round Rock – State Representative Diana Maldonado (HD-52) hosted a Community Forum to discuss higher education Thursday evening at the Round Rock Higher Education Center. Maldonado was joined by professionals from the participating [...]
After four day of early voting voting in Williamson County 1528 people have shown up [.pdf].
Hank Gilbert was in Fort Worth yesterday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gilbert vows to restore party, education, transportation.
Gilbert made fun of how Hutchison, Perry and former President George W. Bush were all either cheerleaders [...]
Rep. John Carter’s $300 thousand income disclosure problem might impair the House Republican leadership’s plan to paint Democrats as ethically challenged. The centerpiece of the plan was for Carter to lead the attack against Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY).
As recently as Monday, Politico reported that they hoped to exploit [...]
Press release from the Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK) about the event is below:
Today at noon, Georgetown and Austin area students and community members, in partnership with SEAK (Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge) at Southwestern University, held a press conference and awareness rally at the Williamson [...]
Texas Democratic Party video of the “Top 10 Rick Perry Failures“:
Also Check out their series on “Who is the real KBH?“.
Michael Morre has come up with and action plan, 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now.
Friends,
It’s the #1 question I’m constantly asked after people see my [...]
Roll Call staff reporter Paul Singer applied pressure on Rep. John Carter to clarify how he could have made no profit on a 2007 stock transaction. In the space of a single day, that pressure has resulted in Carter admitting he has income disclosure problems. On Wednesday, Singer wrote:
Rep. [...]
Burka and Carona have an idea. Took you guys long enough. Oh yeah, blue ribbon panel.
[...]After the first two day of early voting for the November election in Williamson County 758 have shown up to early vote. Just over one-third of those voters, 255 to be exact, are from Sun City. Only 45 so far in Hutto where four bond propositions are on the ballot. [...]
There will be hard choices when in comes to balancing the state budge in Texas in 2011. With sales tax revenue slipping, and no federal stimulus, hard choices that wereavoided in 2009 will have to be faced in 2011. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst penned an Op-Ed for the AAS [...]
Terri Hall does an excellent job of laying out why Proposition 11 is not real eminent domain reform, and therefore should not be passed, Vote NO on Prop 11…it’s counterfeit eminent domain reform!
You have to ask yourself, if Rick Perry vetoed REAL eminent domain reform in 2007 (HB [...]
Rep. John Carter (R-Round Rock) loves to to tout his “fiscal conservatism” and rail against government spending, but he also likes showing up and publicizing government spending when the money comes home. Case in point, last week this article came across my email alerts, Georgetown receives funding for solar [...]
State Rep. Diana Maldonado Higher Education Forum.
State Representative Diana Maldonado (HD-52) will host a Higher Education Community Forum Thursday October 22nd, to discuss current higher education programs as well as increased opportunities that are planned in House District 52.
The Community Forum is open to the public and will consist [...]
Check it out at www.wilcodemocrats.org. Also be sure and check out the new features, and pages. Be sure and add them to your Twitter and Facebook accounts.
[...](EOW links to the statewide Constitutional Amendments and City of Hutto propositions)
Constitutional Amendment Election and Special Election (City of Hutto)
Early Voting Schedule
Map & Directions
Dates & Times for Full-time Locations:
Monday, October 19 thru Saturday October, 24 8am to 6pm
No Sunday Voting
Monday, October 26 thru Friday, [...]
The Texas Progressive Alliance celebrates the start of early voting for the 2009 elections with its always on time weekly blog roundup.
Human tragedies are mounting in the Barnett Shale as study after study shows high levels of toxins in the air. The only ones who can’t seem to find anything [...]
The Hutto News has a series of articles, linked below, one for each of the four City of Hutto propositions that are on the ballot November 3rd.
Prop 1, Upgrades downtown.
Prop 2, Improves Fritz Park.
Prop 3, Aims to lure sports tourneys.
Prop 4, A YMCA [...]
Via Texas Weekly/Texas Tribune, Shapleigh Won’t Seek Reelection.
Longtime El Paso state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh announced today he will not run for re-election in 2010.
“While other public service may lie ahead, I will not run for the Texas Senate in 2010,” Shapleigh said in a press release. “During each day [...]
Via the AAS, state unemployment rises slightly, to 8.2%, and Austin job loss rate moderates. Press release and full statewide numbers [.pdf] from the Texas Workforce Commission.
Paul Krugman has a great article today in the NY Times on the disastrous Insurance lobby study from last weekend and why [...]
Texas State Rep. Scott Hochberg (D-Houston) has a page on his web site for getting information on all 11 amendments on the November ballot.
I’ve provided a page of information for each amendment, which you can read by clicking the corresponding link on the right side of this page. On [...]
Constitutional Amendment Election and Special Election (City of Hutto)
Early Voting Schedule
Map & Directions
Dates & Times for Full-time Locations:
Monday, October 19 thru Saturday October, 24 8am to 6pm
No Sunday Voting
Monday, October 26 thru Friday, October 30 7am to 7pm
Main Location:
Williamson County Inner Loop Annex, 301 SE Inner [...]
Via the RRL, County approves25-year road plan.
Tuesday’s Williamson Commissioners Court vote did not in itself allocate one dollar or turn one shovel of dirt. But the county’s unanimous adoption of its much-discussed and long-anticipated transportation master plan did produce some eye-popping numbers.
The $2.2 billion plan is designed to help [...]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s comment yesterday that Cameron Todd Willingham was a “monster” was an attempt to shield himself from any future criticism of the poor prosecution which lead to the execution Willingham. He is essentially saying that doesn’t matter if Willinghham didn’t set that fire, he was a [...]
You can listen to Perry’s latest statements here, With vigor, Perry defends Willingham execution.
Perry took his most aggressive posture yet on Wednesday as he tried to turn attention away from the arson investigation and toward Willingham and the numerous courts that declared him guilty.
“Willingham was a monster,” Perry said. [...]
It looks less and less likely that GOP U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is going to resign, and risk her Senate seat, before we know the results of the GOP Primary in March. It’s becoming more and more obvious that she doesn’t want to take the chance of her political [...]
Yesterday, what needed to happen, as far as health care/insurance reform forward, happened, Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform 14-9. The bill cleared the Senate Finance Committee – the last of five committees in the Senate and House. (Unfortunately Texas Sen. John Cornyn voted against health care [...]
(Welcome blogger PECmember whose post represents EOW’s first post, in a series, on the problems that have occurred over the last several years at the PEC. The PEC is the largest electric cooperative in the United States. Go to this link at the AAS, Special Reports, and scroll down [...]
Whether we feed the hungry is a moral issue. It’s long accepted that a basic test of a society is how it treats the least among it. And what’s been going on in Texas lately, regarding food stamps is immoral. Last week it was recommended that a [...]
Transportation schemes are continuing, despite “death” of the TTC
Some things everyone must keep in mind before whenever how to pay for highways, or highway financing, is discussed. Sooner or later somehow the taxpayers of Texas will have to pay for new roads – highways in particular. Currently there are only [...]
The drip, drip, drip of the Willingham case continues for Rick Perry. As Kuff pointed out Perry fills out rest of Forensic Science commission. But more disturbing we found out in the HChron piece that Perry found out about the faulty arson evidence 88 minutes before Willingham was [...]
The Texas Progressive Alliance is enjoying the fall weather too much to think of a clever opening to this week’s blog roundup.
This week on Left of College Station, Teddy writes about what it is like to share a birthday with a war and how we have been unable to [...]
Via the Texas Comptroller’s web site, Comptroller Susan Combs Delivers $418 Million in Local Sales Tax Revenue.
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said today the state collected $1.47 billion in sales tax in September, down 12.5 percent compared to a year ago.
“Declining sales tax collections, which began in February, have continued [...]
The first time I really heard about Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D-New York) ethics issues were at Netroots Nation in Austin in the Summer of 2008. Lawrence Lessig’s keynote address specifically.
Rep. John Carter (R-Round Rock) has made Rangel’s ethics problems his personal crusade to over the last year or [...]
This Saturday the West Williamson County Democrats and the East Williamson County Democratic Club are co-hosting a guest speaker in the second of our public forum series, “Meet the Candidates.”
What: The October “MEET THE CANDIDATES” public forum
Where: Moody’s Restaurant, 309 N. Highway 183, in nearby Leander.
Date: Saturday, [...]
Here’s the latest compromise being floated for health care, Dems Discussing Public Option With Opt-Out Clause: The Silver Bullet? Here are the details of how that might work.
Senate Democrats have begun discussions on a compromise approach to health care reform that would establish a robust, national public option for [...]
Texans for Public Justice has a report our today on that asks the question Who bankrolled Texas’ High-court Justices In 2008? It’s called Interested Parties [.pdf].
Three incumbent Texas Supreme Court justices were re-elected in 2008 with the help of $2.8 million in campaign money — half of it from [...]
The problem from the beginning with the TTC was not that it was an ambitious plan for transportation. The problem was that it was a secret plan, devised by the governor, TxDOT, and corporations, without the input of Texans, and then forced upon us. It was a text book case [...]
Via WFAA, Innocent man executed? Senator calls for hearing.
A state senator said he will call for a special hearing in 30 days to find out whether the new chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission intends to pursue the controversial investigation of Cameron Todd Willingham’s conviction and subsequent execution.
“I’m [...]
While the GOP candidates bicker over who is more responsible for the neglect of our transpiration infrastructure here in Texas: Perry or Hutchison:
At a news conference Wednesday, Transportation commissioner Ted Houghton — a Perry appointee — jokingly introduced himself as “the most arrogant commissioner of the most arrogant state [...]
Grits has a breakdown of an interview Williamson County DA, and chair of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, John Bradley did with the DMN yesterday, New chair unsure when state panel will proceed on flawed case that led to execution in Corsicana fire. Bradley has, for all intents [...]
Elise Hu posted a video today of Kay Bailey Hutchison talking about campaign reform in “some” very general terms, vague even. She things we need “some”. She also thinks Texas needs a cap on how much individual donors should be able to give. When asked what the cap should [...]
The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is like Jason from the Friday the 13th saga, it’s been killed, or pronounced dead, so many times we’ve lost count. And today’s it has been declared dead again, TxDOT: I-35 toll twin officially dead.
The tollroad twin to Interstate 35, once the centerpiece of Gov. [...]
Via the AAS, Federal officials: Texas needs food stamp czar.
Federal officials say Texas should appoint a food stamp czar to take charge of fixing the application backlogs and high error rates plaguing the program.
“All states are feeling the pinch right now because of the economic recession, but I’m not [...]
On the GOP side there are now three announced candidates to replace Dan Gattis, Jr. on the ballot. Today Stephen Thomas and Georgetown physician Charles Schwertner announced that they will run in the GOP primary in March, joining Milton Rister who announced last month. No one has announce [...]
CNN on Perry’s cover-up.
Also Glenn Smith has a great wrap-up of the latest in the Willingham case.
Jay Root asks, Is KBH conservative enough?
Still, a couple of Hutchison’s votes, and past comments in support of individual abortion rights, have earned her the enduring ire of many activists and voters [...]
The Texas Political Alliance hopes that everyone reading this today has ensured they are registered to vote in the November election, as the deadline for doing so is Monday, October 5.
The Texas Cloverleaf reviews proposed changes to the city of Denton’s charter that will be on the November ballot.
CouldBeTrue [...]
Tort reform won’t fix health care, here’s 98,000 reasons why.
Krugman on why we need a second stimulus, Mission Not Accomplished.
The conventional wisdom is that trying to help the economy now produces short-term gain at the expense of long-term pain. But as I’ve just pointed out, from the point of view of [...]
The commission is reviewing his findings, and plans to release its own report next year. Some legal scholars believe that the commission may narrowly assess the reliability of the scientific evidence. There is a chance, however, that Texas could become the first state to acknowledge officially that, since the advent [...]
There are several issues to deal with when it comes to Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s decision yesterday to remove three members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission (FSC). Including his appointment of Williamson County DA John Bradley as the new commissioner.
After reading several items, (which will be linked below), [...]
This recent item in the Quorum Report titled, (Whither The Republican Party of Texas?), points to the crux of the Texas GOP’s problem. Their need to reach out to moderate, Libertarian, and Latino voters who have been fleeing the party in order to keep hold of power. But in the [...]
Two pillars of the conservative movement are (1) gun rights and (2) states’ rights. Both of these underlie — or stem from — the basic conservative position against “big government,” by which they mean “big federal government.” The devotion to gun rights is an anti-government stance, insomuch as it says [...]
Via State Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), The Cost of Doing Nothing.
The failure of reform will hurt Americans’ pocketbooks and will crush state and local budgets. According to the study, the number of uninsured residents will increase if reform is not enacted. Additionally, the number of employers offering coverage will [...]
AAS has the story, Perry names DA Bradley to lead Forensic Science Commission.
Gov. Rick Perry today replaced the chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which is conducting a politically sensitive investigation into whether the state executed a man based on a fatally flawed arson investigation.
The commission’s new chairman [...]
Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee voted down an amendment that would have added a public option (15 Nays, 8 Yeas) to the health care bill that the committee was debating.
The final vote was 8-15 with 5 Democrats–Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), [...]
Almost ten months ago, I announced my intention to seek an open seat on Texas’ Third Court of Appeals in 2010. Since then, my campaign has taken me from enjoying Texas Independence Day with the Democratic Party of Bastrop County to celebrating the first hundred days of the Obama [...]
Last week it was reported that there were some issues with food stamp processing in Texas. Via the AAS, Backlog, processing errors bedevil food stamp program.
Tens of thousands of Texas families are waiting as long as several months for food stamps as a surge in applications lands on an [...]
Texans for Public Justice released “a comprehensive study of the financing of Texas’ 2008 legislative elections” called Money in PoliTex. From the press release:
The online Money in PoliTex report analyzes $95 million raised by 312 major-party legislative candidates. It provides district-by-district summaries of campaign funds and a complete contributor [...]
Over the last several weeks the “Right Wing Noise Machine“, their version of the mighty wurlitzer, was cranked up in an effort to take down Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. Their mission includes “building community organizations that are committed to social and economic [...]
Yesterday Democratic candidate for governor Hank Gilbert was on WFAA’s Inside Politics. Here’s the video:
Here’s BOR’s take on it.
Gilbert, in his always so folksy manner, artfully articulated to Watson and Dallas Morning News political writer Gromer Jeffers, why he feels he has crossover appeal:
Hank Gilbert is a guy [...]
Paul Burka keeps up the pressure on Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to “put the issue to rest with an unequivocal commitment” as to whether she will actually resign her Senate seat and campaign full-time against Gov. Rick Perry in the 2010 Republican primary.
For some reason, it is very [...]
EOW has mentioned many times how the Texas GOP finally having a “high profile” primary for governor would likely be a bloodbath. That it’s coming true should surprise no one. Every hard core member of the GOP in Texas will likely have to decide between current GOP Gov. Rick Perry [...]
US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) puts forth a false argument in her current Op-Ed in the AAS. She starts by stating a common GOP falsehood, that the reform currently being worked on in Congress is a government takeover of health care.
There’s a key line at the end of [...]
Via the Wilcosun.com, Williamson County homebuilder sentenced.
Williamson County homebuilder Pete Stucky on Tuesday pleaded guilty to 18 counts of leading homebuyers into signing false affidavits on U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development settlement statements.
District Judge Burt Carnes convicted Mr. Stucky, 53, and sentenced him to four years probation [...]
As early voting for the November elections looms on the horizon, the Texas Progressive Alliance says good-bye to September and hello to another weekly blog roundup.
BREAKING NEWS: Natural Gas Development Brings “amazing and very high” Levels of Carcinogens and Neurotoxins to Barnett Shale area! Take a deep breath before [...]
Come join us!
Time: 2:00 until 4:00 p.m.
Where: Moody’s Restaurant
309 N Hwy 183, Leander, TX 78641.
This is the same location where we met in August. During this meeting we will brainstorm about future projects our group wants to undertake, get updated on Democratic events taking place throughout the [...]
Adding to yesterday’s post on health care there are signs that in on the house side in Congress the Democrats from more conservative district, the so-called “Blue Dogs”, are starting to come around on the public option, Blue Dog Opposition To Public Option Fades In Whip Count, and the [...]
Our elected members of Congress are once again making us look bad in Washington D.C. From ThinkProgress, via TPMDC, we learn that Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) called Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) out during a markup session in the Finance Committee.
ROCKEFELLER: This is a very very important amendment, and [...]
Voters in the United States gave control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency to Democrats in 2008 because they wanted what Democrats were offering – a return to a government that works for it’s people. And health insurance reform was a big part of that. It’s simple really, [...]
If you don’t know much about Hank Gilbert already, EOW highly recommends this three part interview form Southern Shift News, An Interview w/ Hank Gilbert As He Enters Texas Gubernatorial Race.
People are buzzing about rancher/ educator Hank Gilbert tossing his hat into the Texas gubernatorial race on the Democratic side. [...]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry railed on the Cap & Trade legislation, aka the Waxman-Markey bill that is making it’s way through Congress, at the Federal Climate Change Legislation Summit. The AAS’s Jason Embry points us to this NYT article in which Perry’s “Chicken Little-esque” comments were rebuffed by [...]
Hank Gilbert officially entered the Democratic Primary for Governor of Texas yesterday. He was stressing education when, via KERA in Dallas, Hank Gilbert Running for Governor.
Hank Gilbert says he will place a high priority on early childhood education as a way to keep kids from dropping out later' [...]
Via the AAS, Census: Recession had sweeping impact on US life.
The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put rather than moving to new cities.
A broad array of U.S. census data, for release [...]
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Take Back Texas fundraiser on Thursday, September 24 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Freda’s Seafood Grill (10903 Pecan Park Rd., Austin). We’re very excited that we will be joined by Special Guest John Sharp. [...]
The Taylor Daily Press (TDP) in it’s recent reporting online has three interesting articles up on the health reform debate. The first one is about how non-stop skyrocketing health care costs are effecting local businesses, Something must be done. There’s a theme in what these local businesses are saying, [...]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry did his best last week the channel Marie Antoinette’s historic “let them eat cake” comment when, he attempted to feign ignorance that Texas had suffered during the current recession. Whether his comment was politically ignorant or just plain ignorant, only time will tell. Perry on [...]
The fall is upon us, and so the Texas Progressive Alliance closes out another summer with some more hot blogging.
Halliburton was fracking for Cabot and…Oh Oops! We Spilled Some! TWICE! Deadly Hydraulic Fracture Fluid! Ironically, industry just released part of their $80 million propaganda campaign asking people to submit [...]
That’s the understatement of the decade, Ha Ha!! But there is some news on the issues of Voter ID and redistricting, which of course, loom large over the upcoming election and the next legislative session. First, this week an Indiana Court of Appeals struck down their states voter ID law, [...]
It looks great and has the same web address, TxDemocrtats.org. Check out this great video below – “Texas: By The Numbers”.
If you want to read about all the new features on the web site here,
A Message from the Texas Democratic Party: Visit Our New Website!
Dear Democrat,
We [...]
If you missed the Williamson County Republican Women’s Club luncheon Monday, you were spared a speech by former State Representative Arlene Wohlgemuth. Running for her party’s nomination to challenge Congressman Chet Edwards (D-TX17) in November 2010, Wohlgemuth spoke about why she thinks health reform is a terrible idea.
She evoked [...]
State Rep. Diana Maldonado (D-Round Rock) will host an economic forum next week in Round Rock. Text of press release and details on the event below:
Rep. Maldonado To Host Community Forum on Economic Development
Austin– State Representative Diana Maldonado (HD-52) will host an Economic Development Community Forum Tuesday, [...]
State Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) has been in Washington D.C. this week talking to the Texas Democratic members of Congress about health care. He has a report on his blog, I’m in Washington Working to End Health Care Status Quo.
Today I am in Washington, D.C., meeting with members of [...]
Today Senate Finance Committee Chair Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana) – who has taken tons of campaign cash from the health and pharmaceutical corporations and lobbyists – released his looooooooong awaited health care proposal. The reason we’ve supposedly been waiting so long was because he’s been trying to craft [...]
There’s a motley crew assembling, five so far, on the GOP side to win the chance to take on Democratic incumbent Diana Maldonado in HD-52 next year. It’s no surprise that in a near 50/50 district that the GOP would think they have a chance to win. But this [...]
Via the AAS, [Health] Insurance premiums rose 91.6 percent in Texas.
A national report that was released today says family insurance premiums in Texas increased 91.6 percent since 2000 — 4.6 times faster than earnings.
The report by the nonprofit consumer organization Families USA says the rise in health [...]
And Other Health Reform News
Yesterday the New England Journal of Medicine released a survey of Doctor’s around the country that showed, Three-quarters of doctors support some form of public plan.
While public polling indicates that Americans are pretty evenly-divided over health reform efforts, there’s one subgroup of knowledgeable stakeholders [...]
While on the Democratic side in the race for Texas Governor in 2010 we’re nearing a six pack, the GOP side now has three, via Kuff, Medina officially gets into the GOP primary for Governor. He links to this commentary from lubbockonline, Medina’s bid hurts Perry more [...]
The biggest non-surprise campaign announcement since Kay Bailey Hutchison announce her run for governor happened today. HD-20 GOP state Rep. Dan Gattis announced he is running to replace state Sen. Steve Ogden (R-Bryan) in SD-5, Gattis announces for Ogden seat.
KLBJ-AM also had a story up for a little while [...]
This weekend came news that despite the fact that there’s already 5 announced candidates on the Democratic side, with another exploring, former Travis County DA Ronnie Earle is still “leaning toward” running for governor. While we are a fan of Earle’s, at this point, it’s hard to [...]
With the start of the new football season, the Texas Progressive Alliance invites you to read this week’s roundup of blog highlights in the voice of John Facenda.
Last week, Texas got some much needed help from the Feds when the EPA slapped down Governor Perry’s global warming [...]
We haven’t posted on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) meeting in Austin this week. But there has bee some great news for Texas coming out of the meeting. Via Wayne Slater a the DMN, In Austin, Democratic National Committee chief says party is set for comeback in Texas.
Democratic National [...]
Text of press release, Gilbert Questions Perry’s Motives In Sending Texas Rangers To Border.
Hank Gilbert (D-Whitehouse), a Democratic candidate for Texas Governor, today questioned Texas Governor Rick Perry’s motives for sending special teams of Texas Rangers to the Texas-Mexico border this week.
“Drug violence, narcotics trafficking, and human smuggling isn’t just [...]
As noted below yesterday’s U.S. Census Bureau report had some disturbing numbers about health insurance in our country. But it also showed that Texas is number 1 in a category no state wants to lead the nation in, 25.1% of Texans uninsured, Census report finds.
Texas again leads the nation [...]
By now most are aware of the disrespect afforded President Barack Obama during his speech on Wednesday night. Here’s a key excerpt from the speech.
And that’s why under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance — just as most states require you to carry auto [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau released some very disturbing numbers yesterday on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States fell 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008, from $52,163 to $50,303. This breaks [...]
Texas Democratic Chairman calls teabaggers “fools”.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie told national Democrats on Thursday that anti-tax tea party participants and those who question President Obama’s citizenship are “fools” that get too much media attention. Richie said the president’s critics are riding a tidal wave of anti-government sentiment. [...]
Via HankGilbert.com, Statement Of Hank Gilbert Following The President’s Healthcare Address.
“Texas has a higher percentage of its citizens living without health insurance than any other state in the nation. Instead of working constructively to do something about this problem, Governor Perry and Senator Hutchison behave like children on a [...]
Let the musical chairs begin, Ogden not running again.
State Sen. Steve Ogden, a Bryan Republican who is one of the Upper Chamber’s most powerful members as its chief budget-writer, just announced that he will not run for re-election next year.
The decision had been widely rumored for months.
His departure promises [...]
Via PolitiFact, [W]e find Rep. Carter’s claim to be a major distortion.
But if Rep. Carter is using Romer’s handiwork to make the argument, he has an obligation to cite her work fairly. And it is a significant distortion to say that her Council of Economic Advisers made such an [...]
