Category: Texas Politics
What's that funny smell emanating from Downtown Dallas?
by Graham 
Why, it's another one of those mighty weird "hurry up and sign now or you lose out" deals involving Reunion Arena, some other land, a bunch of developers who don't have financing (but we're really close, honest), and...gambling.
Also in the mix is a re… more »
02/15/06 04:15:07 pm, Another interesting little example of murky Texas politics...
by Graham
In which the election of a Mayor in Forney may have been rigged in a manner more reminiscent of a banana republic... more »
Irving bans a book from a school...
by Graham
Here we go again. My local school district has apparently decided to ban "When Jeff Comes Home" from the library after vociferous complaints from a parent.
Here is a column from the Dallas Morning News which lays out the affair, with some editorializin… more »
Now that Proposition 2 was passed...
by Graham
...I think it is time that we enacted bans on other unBiblical activities for the sake of consistency. This opinion piece from Fort Bend Now explains:
I am so thrilled that Proposition 2 passed and brings in to law a ban on gay marriage. I very much l… more »
Texas Politics, Ayee!!!
by Graham
Having read in the 1960's about the sort of things that used to occur in Texas politics during the rise of LBJ (the first American President that we heard on the radio who could not pronouce "I" as "I"), I had long ago formed the opinion that Texas polit… more »
Final Resolution of the Wilmer-Hutchins school district fiasco may be at hand...
by Graham
...after it was formally agreed that the district, which has been fiscally (and arguably ethically) bankrupt since 2004, will be absorbed into the Dallas ISD.
Since Dallas ISD has its own set of problems, this may not be a perfect solution, but since W… more »
Some insight into the Texas Re-districting...
by Graham
In 2002, the Republicans rammed through a re-districting in Texas for Congressional seats. This had the effect (surprise, surprise) of increasing the number of Republican seats for Texas. One of the representatives who was de-elected was my local represe… more »
A fool and his money are soon parted...
by Graham
...and this old saying may be true for you if you allow yourself to be sucked into the investment pitch of radio hosts John Labunski and Cathy DeWitt. Together, the husband-and-wife team call themselves the Senior Advisory Group of Texas.
Labunski and… more »
Texas Proposition #2 passes by large majority
by Graham
This commentary in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram eloquently explains why this amendment is a ticking bomb for Texas.
Speaking personally, I have a couple of comments:
1. The election turnout was less than 20%. A very large majority of registered vot… more »
Texas History Review - the past of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
by Graham
On 2nd February 1999, Kay Bailey Hutchison had this to say about the impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton:
[S]omething needs to be said that is a clear message that our rule of law is intact and the standards for perjury and obstruction of justi… more »