After a lengthy and sometimes heated debate, the Texas Senate on Tuesday passed an “ethics reform” bill that had been watered down in committee and was then loaded up with amendments on the floor. As announced by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick from the dais, the vote on final passage of Senate Bill 19 by Sen. […]
Heavily amended ethics reform bill passes the Texas Senate
by Scott on April 29, 2015 in Dan Patrick, Politics, Tea Party, Texas
Thrown Away People
by Scott on June 10, 2013 in Dallas, Economy, Houston, Immigration, Politics, Rick Perry, Texas
“If a piece of the building falls to the ground and breaks, they have insurance for that,” said a middle aged man in a wheelchair in Houston. Tweet Share
The Legislature Shouldn’t Hit-And-Run on Immigration
by Scott on May 13, 2013 in Immigration, Politics, Texas
You might think a proposal to force undocumented immigrants to be background checked, fingerprinted, photographed and entered into a database would be an easy sell with Republican lawmakers. But, you’d be wrong. With time quickly running out in the legislative session, a plan to make it possible for undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver permit […]
Is There Any Red Meat Left to Throw?
by Scott on January 29, 2013 in Politics, Rick Perry, Texas
Gov. Perry avoided the hot button issues of abortion, immigration and gun control so that he could instead focus on the infrastructure needs of Texas in his State of the State address. Aman Batheja has the details over at the Texas Tribune. While many in the Austin chattering class have been trying to figure out […]
Purging the Underground Economy in Texas
by Scott on January 3, 2013 in Economy, Immigration, Politics, Texas
In Texas, we pride ourselves on job creation and entrepreneurship. This is the Promised Land, where you can be in charge of your own destiny. For many, if not most, this is true. For others, that rhetoric is used to dodge the law, pay people off the books, avoid taxes and contribute to a cancerous […]
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