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Travis County Republicans vote to oppose sobriety checkpoints
By Michele Samuelson | 05/06/09 | 10:35 PM EDT | 0 Comments
Last week, the Travis County Republican Executive Committee held their quarterly meeting. The committee is made up of all the active Republican precinct chairmen, and the officers of the party. Frequently, the group will vote on resolutions concerning various issues, and last week, those issues included the controversial sobriety checkpoints being debated in the Legislature, and the blood draw policy being debated in Austin.
All in all, the TCRP voted in favor of the following resolutions:
- Call for the Texas State Legislature to reject SB 690 and HB3458 and any other attempt to increase the difficulty of the current procedure for charter amendments
- Call for the Austin City County Council to oppose the proposal of Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo to take blood samples from citizens suspected of driving under the influence. The body also called for Acevedo to withdraw his proposal.
- Call for the Texas State Legislature to reject SB 298 and HB 169 that calls for mandatory DUI checkpoints.
- Call for Travis County delegates to the U.S. Congress support passage of HCR76, a bill that describes the abuses of the federal government with regard to states rights as noted in the 9th and 10th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
- Call for Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its recent assessment titled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” which singles out and profiles returning veterans as potential terrorists and makes other dubious assessments. The Travis County Republicans called for an apology to the United States armed services as well.
SB 298 is being debated in House committee this evening.
TAGS: 81st legislative session, travis county republican party
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