Posted on January 8th, 2008 by TechDigger
Report: Texas Alcohol Wholesalers Lead the Nation in Political Contributions | Reuters
According to a new report issued today by the Specialty Wine Retailers Association, Texas alcohol wholesalers contributed $6,976,104 to state political campaigns between 2000 and 2006, more than wholesalers in any other state in the country.
Now why would they contribute so much?
Report: Texas [...]
Filed under: Campaign Finance, Campaign Reform, Rick Perry, Texas Alcohol Wholesalers, Tom Craddick | No Comments »
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Politics
AUSTIN — The Texas House fell into chaos Friday night as its parliamentarians resigned and Speaker Tom Craddick brought the chamber to a standstill for 2 ½ hours, saying he does not have to recognize a member for a motion to throw him out of office.
The House adjourned at about 1:30 a.m. without [...]
Filed under: Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislators, Texas Legislature, Tom Craddick | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by TechDigger
Just in case you’re wondering why the legislature is actually going to fund the parks.Star-Telegram.com | 05/03/2007 | Park-funds bill gets initial OK
One other bit of controversy Wednesday centered on an amendment by Chisum that some say would give an unfair funding advantage to local parks in the home districts of various well-connected House members.
Under [...]
Filed under: Harvey Hilderbran, Sporting goods tax, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Tom Craddick, Warren Chisum | No Comments »
Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger
A few reminders about why the election of the Texas House Speaker matters.
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Viewpoints
In the Texas House: Speaker Tom Craddick must slay two opponents this week or the Midland Republican’s four-year run as a tough-guy leader ends. If it does, the place changes, big time. Here’s [...]
Filed under: Aaron Pena, Armando Martinez, Brian McCall, Ismael Flores, Jim Pitts, Norma Chavez, Ryan Guillen, Texas Speakers, Tom Craddick | No Comments »
Posted on December 30th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
New poll detects a change in the political climate in the Capitol
Then came The Poll.
Texas Democrats have pulled even with Republicans, and the state is now about half red, half blue. At least, that’s according to 1,053 Texans surveyed by an independent Democratic pollster.
The poll’s news announcement focused on one specific response: By 46 percent [...]
Filed under: Polls, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislators, Texas Legislature, Tom Craddick, democrat, republican, texas, texas politics | No Comments »
Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
I haven’t found anything local particularly interesting to write about today. Lots of stories in the news about the Texas speaker race. I would like to see Craddick out because he is nothing more than a schoolyard bully but no matter what happens it will still be a Republican in control so I can’t get [...]
Filed under: Brownsville, Bully, Eddie Lucio, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislators, Texas Legislature, Tom Craddick | 1 Comment »
