edited by: Ted McLaughlin,
Texas Editor
The press releases that popped into my e-mail this week were hoots. U.S. Reps. Mark Schauer and Gary Peters defiantly announced they had cast their votes against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's request to raise the federal debt ceiling by $2 trillion.
What the releases conveniently neglected [...]
When your attempt at recreating the Congress of Vienna with a third-rate cast of extras turns into a shambles, when the data with which you have tried to terrify the world is daily exposed as ever more phoney, when the blatant greed and self-interest of the [...]
From a campaign press release:
Kelley Adley Announces Candidacy for Collin County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4
(Prosper, TX) – 20 year Police Officer, Investigator, Conservative, and Family Man Man, Kelley Adley, today announced his candidacy for Collin County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4.
“For over 20 years, [...]
GOProud Urges President Obama to Publicly Take a Stand against Proposed Uganda LawFrom the Student Government press release:
Today, student [...]
As of today, there are two declared Democratic candidates for Harris County Treasurer – Chad Khan, a three-time candidate for State Representative, and attorney Billy Briscoe, whose press release is beneath the fold. As you may recall, I spent a lot of time in 2006 arguing for the abolition of [...]
Got a press release yesterday from Lane Lewis announcing that he had won an endorsement that had previously gone to his opponent.
HARRIS COUNTY COUNCIL OF ORGANIZATIONS RESCINDS STARDIG ENDORSEMENT
Houston, Texas – City Council District A candidate Lane Lewis has earned the endorsement of the Harris County Council of Organizations [...]
From a Collin County Press Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 7, 2009
CONTACT: Tim Wyatt, Public Information Officer
MEDIA ADVISORY: Collin County Jurists Appoint New Administrative Judge
(McKinney, TX) – State District Judge Mark Rusch has been elected by his colleagues as the new local [...]
This morning, from the folks at City Hall, we got this press release:
Austin's mayor and five of six Austin City Council' [...]
From a Collin County Department of Homeland Security press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2009
Contact: Pamela Nishimoto, Public Outreach Educator, (214)491-6855
HEALTH ADVISORY: H1N1 Influenza Vaccine
(McKINNEY, Texas) – Collin County Health Care Services is providing H1N1 vaccine for no charge [...]
A day after the Tejano Democrats and the Houston Black American Democrats issued a press release claiming Gene Locle's opponent lacked diversity in her hiring practices, bloggers disclose that her office is 71% minority and now the Houston Chronicle claims Gene Locke's lawyer firm lacked diversity in [...]
From an Angelino campaign press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: James Angelino
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Republican James Angelino Announces Bid for Collin County D.A.
Frisco, TX - This morning James Angelino officially announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for Collin County District Attorney in next year's' [...]
From a Collin County press release:
Two Arrests Made for Illegal Dumping
(MCKINNEY, Texas) After an investigation begun in September by the Collin County Fire Marshal, two arrests for felony illegal dumping have been made. Acting on some personal items that were found at an illegal dump site near [...]
When we last checked in on Godzilla and Mothra – AKA Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison – they were skirmishing with their histrionic and hysterical press releases.
Since then, they have continued sniping at each other, though few are paying attention now. That’s because both rolled out [...]
The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
by James Hansen
At the Copenhagen Climate Conference (December 7-18, 2009), one expected guest will be noticeably absent. Dr. James Hansen’s groundbreaking research on climate over [...]
