Archive for October, 2007
Texas Progressive Alliance in anticipation of the November 6 general election
[This round-up of election news and endorsement posts is brought to you by the Texas Progressive Alliance in anticipation of the November 6 general election. Some of the blogs and sites included in this round-up are not member sites of the Texas Progressive Alliance, but are included in the hopes of giving voters a wider picture of the many issues facing voters in local races around the state. The round-up was compiled by Vince at Capitol Annex.]
On November 6, voters all across Texas will have the opportunity to go to the polls to vote on a variety of issues. First and foremost, voters across Texas will vote on 16 amendments to the Texas Constitution including Proposition 15, the much-touted amendment to fund cancer research in the state.
In addition, voters in some municipalities, most prominently Houston, will be casting votes for city officials including mayors and city council members. College districts, independent school districts, and special districts across the state will also hold elections for their members. A number of cities and school districts will also hold bond elections to fund everything from jail construction to parks and recreation and additional school facilities. Some school districts will also hold tax rate elections to authorize tax rates higher than those allowed by the tax reform plan passed by the Texas Legislature in special session back in 2006.
Texas bloggers have dedicated a considerable amount of coverage to election issues across the state, from the statewide constitutional amendment election to local issues. Much of this coverage is highlighted below.
Local Elections, Bonds, & Referendums
Charles Kuffner at Off The Kuff has exhaustive coverage of local elections in Houston from city council elections to college district elections and city bonds. There are a large number of posts, but mosts can be found in two categories, here and here.
Bill Howell in Stoutdemblog comes out for a vote Yes on the Dallas referendum on the Trinity River at River Don’t You Weep.
Texas Cloverleaf has a round up of campaign spending on the Trinity River campaign.
Grits for Breakfast has a round-up of jail-related propositions on the ballot across the state, including in Smith County (Tyler).
Bill Howell in Stoutdemblog comes out for a vote Yes on the Dallas referendum on the Trinity River at River Don’t You Weep.
North Texas Liberal explores the pros and cons of the Trinity River referendum in Dallas.
Other Key Local Election Coverage:
Homophobia Rears Its Nasty Head in Fort Worth City Council Race (Doing My Part For The Left)
Endorsements & Voter’s Guides: Statewide Amendments & Local Races
Non-partisan voter’s guides on the 16 statewide Constitutional Amendments: Texas League of Women Voters, Texas Legislative Council (full version), Texas Legislative Council (condensed version–warning, this is a .doc file), Texas House Research Organization
Newspaper Endorsements For Constitutional Amendments: Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, Waco Tribune-Herald (split editorials: here, here, here, here, here), El Paso Times (Prop. 4) Lufkin Daily News, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, San Antonio Express-News.
Bill Howell at Stoutdemblog provides links to analyses of the amendments, then compares different stands taken on them by some other bloggers and Republicans and Libertarians, then gives his own personal stands on each at Web Resources On The Endless Amendments.
Muse at Musings urges voters to vote the opposite of the Harris County Republican Party’s endorsements.
Capitol Annex has endorsements of the 16 Constitutional Amendments with detailed information behind the reasons for their picks in their four endorsement posts.
Gary at Easter Lemming News in Harris County finally has his thoughts straight on all the propositions, amendments and bonds to follow his election page.
WCNews at Eye on Williamson has Early Voting in formation for Williamson County along with several guides and couple of opinions on the amendments .
Off the Kuff gives his recommendations for the state and local bonds and propositions.
CouldBeTrue at South Texas Chisme points at some resources to decipher the proposed Texas constitutional amendments.
Other Notable Statewide Amendment Coverage:
Proposition 4 (Off The Kuff)
Proposition 15 Ramps Up (Off The Kuff)
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Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round Up
It’s Monday, and that means it’s once again time for the Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round-Up. This week’s round-up is complied by Vince from Capitol Annex.
Refinish69 from Doing My Part For The Left is outraged with certain politicians in Fort Worth,Texas. Homophobia Rears Its Nasty Head in Fort Worth City Council Race tells who is being a jerk and how to contact one of them.
Muse was at Armando Walle’s campaign kick-off and reports why it’s time for a change in Texas House District 140. Kevin Bailey (Craddick D) has been serving Craddick and not the district. Walle, who is from the district and has a proven track record of service and leadership, already has a large group of supporters lined up to help him take back 140 for the people.
Phillip Martin of Burnt Orange Report provides a detailed chart and analysis updating what’s going on with the Craddick D’s. The post brought forward an interesting reader response as well.
TXsharon at Bluedaze gives the Texas Railroad Commission Protection Money Breakdown. and makes it easy for you to take action. So, please take that action before you become the next victim of RRC Malpractice.
Hal at Half Empty wonders whether FEMA has finally taken a page out of George Orwell’s book when they held a ‘news conference’ this past week without a single journalist in attendance.
WhosPlayin notes that he would gladly pay the $13.30 per year per person to pay for SCHIP.
McBlogger takes a look at the strange world of Focus on the Family and the very odd people that attended their Values Voters conference.
CouldBeTrue at South Texas Chisme notes that Perry appointed a public corruption figure to the UT System Board of Regents.
Johncoby at Bay Area Houston finds the highest and lowest costs for electricity in the Houston area. Power Watch: Highest and lowest electricity rates for November.
Stace at DosCentavos features the trailer to the upcoming Jesse Salmeron film, This Is America. “This is America” is the story of a family torn apart by deportation.
NatWu at Three Wise Men exposes the truth about why we need Net Neutrality, especially with all the recent Telecom shenanigans.
North Texas Liberal‘s Texas Toad gives a breakdown on the factions of the “Trinity Vote” in Dallas Weighs Pros and Cons of Trinity Toll Road.
WCNews at Eye On Williamson wonders What Will John Carter’s Excuse Be This Time For Voting Against Health Care For Children?
Off the Kuff gives his recommendations for the state and local bonds and propositions.
NYTexan at BlueBloggin asks how many wars and how many enemies can Bush have?
Vince at Capitol Annex notes that Tom Craddick has borrowed a page from Warren Chisum in announcing that trial lawyers were behind efforts to remove him during the 8oth Legislative Session and wonders why, since he reported it some months ago, it is suddenly “news” to the mainstream media.
In the wake of the Houston Chronicle’s announcement of a “position-elimination program”, PDiddie at Brains and Eggs recounts his personal experience with Hearst newspapers, budgets, and staff cutbacks in The Trouble with the Newspaper Bidness.
The Texas Cloverleaf looks at who is fueling the push for a toll road in the banks of the Trinity River in Dallas. You guessed it, Big Business!
n the most recent installment of <a
href=”http://www.thetexasblue.com”>The Texas Blue’s podcast
interview series Who’s Blue, we talk to <a
href=”http://www.thetexasblue.com/interview-state-representative-jim-dunnam”>State
Representative Jim Dunnam. We discuss how he got started in
politics, what Kirk England’s party switch means to Texas, and the
restoration of community college funding vetoed by Governor Perry.
Don’t forget to check out all the Texas Progressive Alliance blogs, too:
B & B
Bay Area Houston
Blue 19th
Blue Bloggin
Bluedaze
Brains & Eggs
Burnt Orange Report
Capitol Annex
Common Sense
Doing My Part For The Left
Dos Centavos
Easter Lemming Liberal News
Eye on Williamson
Feet To Fire
Grassroots News U Can Use
Half Empty
In The Pink Texas
Marc’s Miscellany
McBlogger
MindSpeak
Musings
North Texas Liberal
Off The Kuff
Para Justicia y Libertad
People’s Republic of Seabrook
South Texas Chisme
StoutDemBlog
Texas Kaos
Texas Truth Serum
The Agonist
The Caucus Blog
The Jeffersonian
The Red State
The Texas Blue
The Texas Clover Leaf
Three Wise Men
Who’s Playin’?
Winding Road in Urban Area
Homophobia Rears Its Nasty Head in Fort Worth City Council Race
Fort Worth City Councilman, Chuck Silcox represents all the true nastiness of the Republican Party. He believes that if your candidate is losing, then you start slinging mud to win the race at any cost. I guess he learned from the likes of Karl Rove and Tom Delay.
The Republican of Fort Worth are running scared of Joel Burns. Joel Burns is a member of the Stonewall Democrats. His campaign web site is at http://joelburns.com . The election is 06 Nov, only two weeks away. Let’s help Joel defeat the negativity of the Republican hate machine and help get him elected.
This past week Chuckie decided his guy wasn’t doing so well so had to start slamming the lead democrat in the nonpartisan race because he is gay.
Councilman raises issue of homosexuality in city race Star Telegram
“This is an excellent time to have Republicans get out and support a Republican: Chris Turner,” Silcox told a group of about 50 at a Fort Worth Republican Women’s Club meeting and a forum for Republican state House District 97 candidates. “We have two people of opposite partisan politics, opposite philosophical persuasions and opposite sexual orientations.
“I didn’t tell you which one was homosexual,” Silcox said as the crowd laughed. Pointing to Turner, Silcox continued: “He’s married to a female, and the other’s married to a male. You make your own mind up.”
Audio of Councilman Chuck Silcox’s statement
This is unacceptable and everyone should contact Councilman Silcox and let him know what they think of his homophobia and bigotry. You can call his council office at 817-392-8803 or email him at crsilcox@aol.com.
I have learned that one of the Democrats running have also had their campaign people bashing Joel and telling people to vote for Juan Rangel instead of Joel because of their kids. Well, Homophobia is unacceptable from either party and I suggest also contacting Juan and letting him know this is not appreciated at all. I would list his info but it seems he doesn’t have a campaign web site that I can find. Homophobia and bigotry have no place in Texas politics and shame on both Silcox and Rangel for playing the hate card. Both of these men owe Joel Burns and the citizens of Fort Worth an apology.
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to show some love for the best posts from the members of the Texas Progressive Alliance for the preceding week. Check out the best that the Alliance has to offer, brought to you this week by Vince at Capitol Annex.
PDiddie at Brains and Eggs has an advance of the Max Cleland-Karl Rove debate, coming up this Friday, October 26.
Diarist Scott Cobbat Texas Kaos updates us on the growing movement to hold rogue Judge Sharon Keller accountable for her callous disregard for the responsibility of the Appeals court while she displays her intoxication with its power.
State Senator Craig Estes, Senate District 30, was given numerous examples of Texas Railroad Commission malpractice, negligence, incompetence and cronyism at his recent Town Hall Meeting in Wise County. TXsharon at Bluedaze asks: Will Senator Estes Investigate the RRC’s Malpractice?
Adam at Three Wise Men looks into the future to give us his expert opinion on the 2010 Texas Gubernatorial race.
McBlogger has been keeping a watchful eye on what’s happening in Congress with FISA expansion.
At Half Empty, Hal ponders the question: which Republican candidate can the evangelicals support for President?
Muse vs. State Senator Eltife. A whole lotta safe sex going on or should the the State of Texas get involved in adults getting free condoms on campus?
Todd Hill at Burnt Orange Report interviews Dan Barrett, the only Democrat in the special election race for HD 97 in Fort Worth.
WCNews at Eye on Williamson reports on some unbelievable statements made by County Commissioner Cynthia Long on the children that are being detained at the T. Don Hutto facility in Taylor, Texas.
Vince at Capitol Annex takes a look at a State Representative, Fred Brown (R-Bryan), who has scheduled an oversight hearing of an agency that is investigating his business partner.
Bradley at North Texas Liberal celebrates one of the first and only times Sen. John Cornyn has been on the right side of the issue: securing H-2B visas for seasonal workers and joining with Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland to help save small business… at least for another year.
Are government emails covered by open record laws? Off the Kuff takes a look.
CouldBeTrue at South Texas Chisme wonders if a Dallas minister will lose his church’s tax exempt status by slamming Mitt Romney because ‘he’s not a Christian.’
Nytexan at BlueBloggin wonders why Homeland Security purchases products from China when Americans industry is disappearing and jobs are declining.
The Texas Cloverleaf looks into the pending libel and slander lawsuit against Dallas Republicans, including State Rep. Tony Goolsby.
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News updated on political news and gossip in the Pasadena area. Like most gossip one item was wrong.
Think arbitration is fair? Think again. John Coby at Bay Area Houston notes that the bottom line from the data is clear. In the nearly 20,000 cases where NAF [National Arbitration Forum] reached a decision, First USA prevailed in an astonishing 99.6 percent of cases.
Refinish69 at Doing My Part For The Left thinks Texas State Senator Kevin Eltife Needs Some Education.
Don’t forget to check out all the Texas Progressive Alliance blogs, too:
B & B
Bay Area Houston
Blue 19th
Blue Bloggin
Bluedaze
Brains & Eggs
Burnt Orange Report
Capitol Annex
Common Sense
Doing My Part For The Left
Dos Centavos
Easter Lemming Liberal News
Eye on Williamson
Feet To Fire
Grassroots News U Can Use
Half Empty
In The Pink Texas
Marc’s Miscellany
McBlogger
MindSpeak
Musings
North Texas Liberal
Off The Kuff
Para Justicia y Libertad
People’s Republic of Seabrook
South Texas Chisme
StoutDemBlog
Texas Kaos
Texas Truth Serum
The Agonist
The Caucus Blog
The Jeffersonian
The Red State
The Texas Blue
The Texas Clover Leaf
Three Wise Men
Who’s Playin’?
Winding Road in Urban Area
Mikal Watts Not Feeling The Love
Friday night at the Dallas Democratic Part Fish Fry, a man stood up during Watt’s speech and announced “he’s Anti-Choice” etc and started booing him. I would love to shake that man’s hand!!! Mikal was so hurt by this that he canceled a $10,000 speakers table at the Johnson, Rayburn Richards Harris County Democratic Party dinner. I guess Mikal cannot stand the heat. Texas and Texas Women would be better off if Daddy Warbucks dropped out of the race completely.
The Women of Texas are a tough breed and deserve respect from political candidates and officials. Here is a sign I saw yesterday in Austin.
When you run for office and say a Texas Woman is smart enough to raise a child but too stupid to make a medical decision you take your chances. While I was not raised in Texas, I respect strong, independent, and smart women. My Mom raised two boys on her own and would not let a man decide her fate. I have met many strong women in Texas through the years and I doubt the women of Texas like the fact that Mikal Watts thinks he knows what is better for them either. A woman’s right to chose is not something any politician should be involved in unless it is guaranteeing that right is never taken away. I have a feeling Mikal will be booed a few more times before he either loses the primary of has enough sense to step out of the race.
Rick Noriega felt nothing but love this weekend at both events where he was welcomed enthusiastically by people attending both events. Rick got a standing ovation when he went up to the microphone to introduce Mayor White of Houston at Saturday night’s event. This did not happen for any of the other people who introduced speakers. Mayor White called Rick the next Senator from Texas.
Rick in his 5 terms in the Texas Legislature has been a champion of Women’s Rights. He respects the independent nature of our strong women and is the man we need in Washington. Rick has proven over and over he is the candidate of the people and actually cares about Texans and not just a title. Join Team Noriega and make a donation.
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EXCLUSION OF MILITARY VETERANS FROM STATE EDUCATION PROGRAM
It is a sad day when the state of Texas would deny benefits to any veteran who has served to protect this country. Shame on Texas and the Universities and colleges who refuse to offer full benefits to any veteran of the armed services regardless of their citizenship.
ADDITIONAL VETERANS AND UNIVERSITIES ADDED TO LEGAL CHALLENGE OF EXCLUSION OF MILITARY VETERANS FROM STATE EDUCATION PROGRAM
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), expanded its lawsuit challenging the exclusion of certain military veterans from the Texas Hazlewood Act, which provides a waiver of tuition and fees at Texas public colleges and universities. MALDEF represents veterans who have been denied the waiver and attended the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Houston, North Harris College, as well veterans seeking to attend the University of Texas at San Antonio and West Texas A&M University. In the expanded lawsuit, MALDEF represents six veterans and the American GI Forum of Texas.
Although each plaintiff honorably completed his military service and is otherwise qualified, the State and its institutions have denied the veterans tuition waivers solely because they were not U.S. citizens when they first entered the service—even those veterans who have since become U.S. citizens. All the plaintiff veterans joined the military while they were legal permanent resident immigrants of the United States.
“It is shocking that veterans who served our country in times of war are excluded from this educational program across our State, from smaller community colleges to larger universities,” stated David Hinojosa, MALDEF Staff Attorney and lead counsel in this case. “Equally shocking is that the State and its institutions have not reversed course, even after the filing of this lawsuit.”
The lawsuit maintains that denying veterans who entered the military as legal permanent residents violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution and other federal laws.
Founded in 1968, MALDEF, the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, promotes and protects the rights of Latinos through litigation, advocacy, community education and outreach, leadership development, and higher education scholarships. For more information on MALDEF, please visit: http://www.maldef.org
Another Flat Earther Quits the Race For GOP Nomination
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GOP Donors As Nauseated By Their Party As We Are
The Money Bags of the Repugnant Party are keeping their wallets closed and not supporting the Flat Earther Candidates for 2008. They are unimpressed with the lack luster candidates or the nasty direction their party has taken while being in power.
The Repugnants, under the leadership of the likes of Tom Delay, Newt Gingrich, and the rest of the slime balls of the Republican Party have become a liability to their party instead of the power brokers(dictators) they all long to be. Their continued moralizing while cheating on their wives and protecting the perverts of the GOP, total stupidity in handling the Iraq War, and buy now pay later attitude to the national budget has scared many of the people who paved their way to power with gold.
Chris Cillizza and Matthew Mosk of the Washington Post do a great write up of the lack luster fund raising bu the GOP in their piece “Many GOP Donors Yet to Open Wallets
Even Bush ‘Rangers’ Are Staying Away”
One of my favorite quotes from their story is:
“Some of the top Bush fundraisers have stepped aside from politics for other reasons. There are those who had personal friendships with the Bush family that do not extend to other candidates, those who have tired of repeatedly soliciting friends for checks. Some are in prison or are dead.”
I wonder how many more of the Bush fundraisers will be in jail before old Georgie Boy finally leaves office.
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Texas State Senator Kevin Eltife Needs Some Education
The Texas Legislature is well know for stupid and incompetent members and Kevin Eltife is a perfect example. This republican numb nuts wants the Texas Senate to discuss and regulate rather condoms should be handed out at University of Texas Student Health Centers.
With all the other vital issues that face Texas, Senator Numb Nuts wants to discuss condoms rather than health care for Texans, transportation that doesn’t steal millions of acres of Texas ranch land, or ways to lower the drop out or teen pregnancy rate in Texas.
In an interview with KLTV, Tyler’s ABC affiliate which aired Tuesday night, Eltife said he was concerned about free condoms being distributed by the student health clinic at the University of Texas at Tyler, especially that some may have been paid for with tax dollars, since the University Health Clinic at UT-Tyler is operated by the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler:
Is it a proactive health measure, or an encouragement for students to have sex? U.T. Health Clinic’s practice of making free condoms available to student patients came as a shock to Senator Kevin Eltife.
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“If it’s such a good deal, why don’t we talk about it, why don’t we debate it,” said Senator Eltife. “Let’s debate it on campus. Let’s get input from the parents, and the students, and the people who are supporting U.T. Health Center in Tyler and the entire system. Let’s talk about it in the legislature, let’s get it out on the table and discuss it. If it’s a great idea and a great concept, let’s get it out on the table and discuss it.”
The story, aired by of the state’s most conservative local television station (well-known for its “” segments), is the first of a two-part series addressing condom distribution by the UT Health Center clinic on the campus of UT Tyler. Part two is scheduled to air Wednesday night.
Part one featured a staff member of the campus clinic explaining that condoms give an opportunity to do some sex education, including explaining that condoms aren’t a fool-proof method of protection from sexually transmitted diseases:
Since the clinic opened a year and a half ago, it has given away about 6,000 condoms. The majority of those, donated by state health services and local agencies like Tyler AIDS Services.
“In response to the students requesting condoms be available, I felt like it was a prime opportunity to be able to provide education to the students,” said nurse practitioner Kerry Scruggs. “As appropriate, I talk to them about safer sex practices, encourage the use of condoms if they choose to be sexually active, and talk to them about the sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms may or may not help prevent some of that.”
It also featured Eltife, who mentioned several times that he believed parents of students at the university would be concerned if they knew free condoms were being distributed free by the campus health clinic–which receives taxpayer funds:
“I had no idea and I’d imagine most parents don’t know either,” said Senator Eltife. “I can assure you there are a lot of parents whose kids are going there who would probably not be happy about what they’re doing.”
No parents of students were interviewed to actually express any concerns about condom distribution.
KLTV_CONDOM_POLL UT Tyler, while historically a “commuter school,” has in the past decade significantly expanded its reach, attracting students from across Texas and the nation and building 15 sports teams and finally gaining full NCAA membership. And, in spite of being located in conservative Tyler, Eltife and KLTV seem to be the only ones in an uproar about distribution of condoms on the UT Campus. The television station is even running a poll on the front page of its website. Unsurprisingly, shortly after KLTV’s 10 p.m. newscast Tuesday night, those favoring distribution of condoms outnumbered those who didn’t favor the practice.
As KLTV noted, some of the roughly 6,000 condoms distributed by the university since the clinic opened were not paid for with tax dollars, but were donated by a private agency, Tyler AIDS Services.
Eltife soon to be known as Senator Numb Nuts proves yet again that Republicans are so caught up in preaching at people they can not see reality through all their righteous Bull Shit. He would rather students contract sexually transmitted diseases or have unwanted pregnancies than learn a few rules of safe sex.
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Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round-Up.
It’s Monday, and that means it is time again for the Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round Up. This week’s round-up is compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex.
Barney Frank responds to GLBT activists: “Now, this is the issue: Does a political party say to its most militant, committed, ideologically driven believers in purity that they have a veto over what the party does?” Evan at The Caucus Blog responds.
BossKitty at Bluebloggin asks why are so many Texans still illiterate?
The Texas Cloverleaf endorses Karen Guerra for 16th District Court Judge in Denton County.
Burnt Orange Report highlights the hard work being done across the nation. A broad coalition has launched a campaign to override President Bush’s SCHIP veto and Kay Granger is public enemy number 1 in Texas. Ads, analysis, polls, and outrage… BOR has it all.
North Texas Liberal asks, “Could Congress override Bush’s veto?” Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Kennedy seem to think that SCHIP is worth fighting for. So do we.
Vince from Capitol Annex notes that Kay Granger should have known better when it comes to her recent “no” vote on the reauthorization and expansion of SCHIP.
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News cannot stop writing about conservative bloggers repeatedly attacking a family who were in a terrible automobile accident and received government health care and liked it. Maybe next time your kids are in the hospitable you’ll be attacked by right-wing idiots and more slime in the right-wing noise machine.
McBlogger has a story up about a State Representative you should know.
A supervisor for CPS Energy in San Antonio has a hangman’s noose displayed in his cubicle. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs posts the details, including a photo.
Muse notes that Kay Bailey Hutchinson is trying out harder helmet hair styles so that the words of mean bloggers will bounce right off her in her imaginary (or not) run for governor in 2010.
Warning from TXsharon: Calibrate your outrage meter before visiting Bluedaze to read how Bush policies have weakened the Clean Water Act so Texas water is no longer fit for drinking, swimming or fishing.
CouldBeTrue from South Texas Chisme notes that Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo wants to build that d*mn fence north of Brownsville. Either you’re with the fence or he’ll move the boundaries so your town’s part of Mexico.
Unsurprised at Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize, nor at his acceptance speech, Hal at Half Empty surprises everyone with the Moonwalking Mannequin Bird.
Rattlebrain Randy prefers a little bit of disaster – sure it may hurt his constituents, but it helps his friends in the insurance industry, notes Blue 19th.
At Texas Kaos, diarist persiancowboy invites members of the general public to sign on to the complaint against rogue Judge Sharon Keller for her callous use of judicial power.
Off the Kuff reports that State Rep. Garnet Coleman is urging AG Greg Abbott to sue to block a recent Center for Medicaid and State Operations directive that will result in the loss of CHIP coverage for thousands of children.
Stop Cornyn is fuming about Cornyn’s vote against children. After voting against Texas children twice, now Junior John wants a watered down version to save face. It is time to fully fund children’s health insurance.
Don’t forget to check out all the Texas Progressive Alliance blogs, too:
B & B
Bay Area Houston
Blue 19th
Blue Bloggin
Bluedaze
Brains & Eggs
Burnt Orange Report
Capitol Annex
Common Sense
Doing My Part For The Left
Dos Centavos
Easter Lemming Liberal News
Eye on Williamson
Feet To Fire
Grassroots News U Can Use
Half Empty
In The Pink Texas
Marc’s Miscellany
McBlogger
MindSpeak
Musings
North Texas Liberal
Off The Kuff
Para Justicia y Libertad
People’s Republic of Seabrook
South Texas Chisme
StoutDemBlog
Texas Kaos
Texas Truth Serum
The Agonist
The Caucus Blog
The Jeffersonian
The Red State
The Texas Blue
The Texas Clover Leaf
Three Wise Men
Who’s Playin’?
Winding Road in Urban Area
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