Don't Mess With Texas --- Austin Tea Party
April 15, 2009 | 10:25 PM | 1 Comment
Had a great time at the first of two Austin tax day tea parties (was unable to get to the second, and reportedly larger, tea party).
There were at least 2K very fed up tax paying Austinites (in...
read more »Rep. Elliot Naishtat (D-TX49): Wasting Texas Tax Dollars and Our Time
March 19, 2009 | 10:09 AM | 0 Comments
TAKE ACTION: If you support the death penalty in Texas, please call your state representative today and ask them to oppose HJR 24 and HB 877.
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Texas State Representative Elliott...
read more »Second Amendment Bills in the Texas 81st Legislature
March 18, 2009 | 10:12 PM | 0 Comments
The 81st session of the Texas Legislature is under way at the Capitol here in Austin. And it’s going to be an exceptionally busy session too.
On the House side, a total of 4697 bills were filed,...
read more »Texas 81st Legislature --- SB 506: Lane Splitting for Motorcycles
March 17, 2009 | 10:14 PM | 5 Comments
ACTION ALERT: If you have a vested interest in lane splitting for motorcycles in Texas, SB 506 is scheduled for a public hearing tomorrow (March 18) by the Senate Committee on Transportation &...
read more »Karl Thomas-Musselman: Noriega and Strama's Campaign Wants to "Destroy Republican Party"?
October 27, 2008 | 05:26 PM | 0 Comments
I really want to believe that State Representative Rick Noriega is a
decent, honorable man. I give him this benefit of the doubt almost
entirely because he is a Lt. Col. in the Texas Army National...
read more »Mexico to Help Stop Cubans from Illegally Entering US via Mexico
October 22, 2008 | 06:30 PM | 0 Comments
Mexico signed an agreement with the United States to restrict the main route Cubans use to illegally enter the United States (via Texas) via Mexico.
Mexico's past reluctance to halt the practice has...
read more »Texas Senate Race -- PBS Debate
October 09, 2008 | 08:03 PM | 0 Comments
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Incumbent), State Representative Rick Noriega (D), and Libertarian
Yvonne Adams-Schick faced off tonight in Houston for the first debate
amongst these three candidates who are...
read more »Immigrants Now Required to Prove Legal Status to Get IDs in Texas
October 09, 2008 | 09:12 AM | 0 Comments
As of October 1, all immigrants living in Texas must now prove they are in the United States legally to obtain a drivers license or identification card.Previously, immigrants seeking these types...
read more »Travis County Commissioners Thumb Noses at Tax Payers
September 23, 2008 | 09:21 AM | 0 Comments
Travis County (Austin) is planning to raise our taxes
in 2008-2009. Despite the exceptionally tough economic times, they
think it's OK to increase the burden on Travis County tax payers:
The county's...
read more »Rep. John Culberson's Hurricane Advice
September 13, 2008 | 10:18 PM | 0 Comments
Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) was the first member of Congress to use Twitter live
from the House Floor as a way to inform his constituents of what was
happening as it happened in Congress.He...
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