In The First Of What Will Be Multiple Rulings, Judge Affirms Commissioner Scott’s Plan
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »Enter yet again into this blog Commissioner Scott's 6 million dollar dropout prevention program. Why do I keep talking about it? Simple, teachers unions in Texas just won't let it go. In their latest crusade against what they call a back ...
A Minor Oversight
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »I'm sure you all remember not that long ago that the US Supreme Court overturned various states's attempts to charge child rapists with a capital crime. The effect was felt in Texas, where our version of Jessica's Law which allowed for the ...
The Strangest Of Bedfellows
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »The Free Market Foundation, Texas Eagle Forum and the ACLU in open court together arguing the same side of a case, who would have thought it? It is true, politics does make for strange bedfellows. We've all heard the jokes of only ...
Evidence That The Feds Are Doing The Job?
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | 1 Comment »According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the federal government is taking care of business on the illegal immigration front, to the tune of more than one million non-citizens leaving the United States in the last calendar year alone. That ...
Standing At That O So Common Intersection Of Life
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »There are occasions in life, more than we probably realize, when we find ourselves standing at the intersection of politics and sports. Both are prevailing cultures of our society, so it is expected that - at times - their separating boundries will ...
Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | 1 Comment »So what do you do when the Legislature limits the revenue you can raise as a local government taxing entity and then does not give you the funding that you think you need to run your operation? Complain about it, apparently. ...
Things That Drive Me To Drinking…A Redistricting Commission
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | 4 Comments »Can you feel that energy in the air, that silent pulse of electricity that has slowly but surely gained steam over the last five years? I felt it too, and I know what it is...redistricting is upon us. Yes, it is true, ...
There Is Such A Thing As Timing
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | 3 Comments »What happens when your timing is off? It could leave you out in front of your wide receiver with a long pass, or it could mean that you let the cat out of the bag a little earlier (or later) than ...
Now That Is The Kent Hance That I Know And Love
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | No Comments »What is not to love about Kent Hance? A former State Senator, Congressman and Railroad Commissioner, Mr. Hance has not let his new post as Chancellor of Texas Tech University slow down his natural born skill to shoot from the ...
Finding A New Punching Bag - John Kelso
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy | 3 Comments »I'll tell you, I haven't been myself lately. I've been snapping a people on the street, sending back my coffee at Starbucks, cutting people off on the highway, and pulling the heads off of my sister's Barbi dolls. Today after ...