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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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  • March Madness, TxPotomac style: Pick most effective Texas lawmaker, Western region

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/16/10

    Welcome to March Madness, Texas on the Potomac style. Over the next month, YOU will choose the most effective member of the Texas congressional delegation. Here's how it works: Like the NCAA tourney, we've divided the 32-member field into...

  • News links: Chet Edwards says no to health care bill

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/16/10

    Welcome to the Texas on the Potomac news links. We will offer Texas links, "Potomac" links for Washington stories and a sampling of the best Texas political blogs. Please feel free to e-mail us with link suggestions. Texas Links Ex-official...

  • The Hempstead line

    Off the Kuff  |  3/16/10

    Here’s another story about progress on a proposed commuter rail line, this one out US 290. A study to determine ridership on the line, which would go as far west as Hempstead, will be done. The Houston-based engineering firm Klotz Associates will do the $715,000 study. The Gulf Coast Rail District got the money from federal [...]

  • Today in Texas History: Gov. Sam Houston ousted

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/16/10

    texashistory.infoThe legendary Sam Houston did not approve of Texas joining the Confederacy. On this date in 1861, Sam Houston was ousted as governor of Texas for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederate States of America. Texas...

  • Edwards asks for recount

    Off the Kuff  |  3/16/10

    No surprise. State Rep. Al Edwards has asked for a recount of the primary election votes in the race he lost to Borris Miles by 10 votes. Edwards filed the paperwork and submitted a $4,400 deposit this morning at the state Democratic Party headquarters in Austin, a spokeswoman confirmed. [...] Harris County Democratic Party Chairman Gerry Birnberg called a [...]

  • Cathie Adams is a big ol’ liar

    Off the Kuff  |  3/16/10

    I don’t know why anyone would ever believe anything that the former head of the Texas Eagle Forum and current Chair of the Republican Party of Texas says. But in the event that you needed a reason to doubt her veracity, here are three. Hasn’t anybody ever told Adams that bearing false witness is a [...]

  • No texting while driving in Conroe

    Off the Kuff  |  3/16/10

    Conroe is set to join the parade of cities banning texting while driving. The ordinance is expected to be introduced at the March 25 meeting and could take effect in April. Those in violations of the proposed law would face fines of up to $500. The proposed ordinance would cover any text-based communication, such as electronic mail, [...]

  • Texas blog roundup for the week of March 15

    Off the Kuff  |  3/16/10

    The Texas Progressive Alliance heads into March Madness with its own bracket of news and links for the week. Click on for more. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders how Republicans can be so violently against having services they desperately need? Off the Kuff analyzed county returns in the primaries for Governor, Lite Guv, and the Commissioners. When [...]

  • SXSoTouristy— Drunk? Blow here.

    Dog Canyon  |  3/16/10

    SXSW tourists enjoy SoCo. When I was a kid no one went down to South Congress unless they were looking for a costume or a XXX movie. But in the past fifteen years or so, the strip has become a mecca for people from somewhere else who want to be where the cool kids roam. This week Soco is more crowded than usual with tourists looking for a genu-ine Austin hipster experience. And it’s ...

  • DA Gets Involved in HD-127 Run-Off

    Dos Centavos  |  3/16/10

    Apparently, someone really has it in for Dan Huberty, one of the Republicans running for the chance to take on Joe Montemayor in for the Texas House District 127 seat. Republican Dan Huberty’s campaign revealed Tuesday that Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos had refused to intervene in a Texas House runoff battle when her office revealed that [...]

  • March Madness on the Potomac: Pick most effective Texas lawmaker, Houston region

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/16/10

    Welcome to March Madness, Texas on the Potomac style. Over the next month, YOU will choose the most effective member of the Texas congressional delegation. Here's how it works: Like the NCAA tourney, we've divided the 32-member field into...

  • KHOU: Firing Frank Wilson could get expensive

    blogHOUSTON  |  3/16/10

    MAYOR ANNISE PARKER has vowed to shake up METRO's leadership team, but KHOU-11's Mark Greenblatt reports tonight that firing Frank "Procurement Disaster" Wilson could be costly: If his contract is terminated before 2012 and the firing is not "for ...

  • Robbing Student Aid to Pay for Obamacare?

    Urban Grounds  |  3/16/10

    Oh, and if you're looking for a job when you graduate in order to pay off those student loans? Good luck with that, too. How's that hopiness and changiness working out for you now?

  • Pelosi’s Creative Class Mooching Off of the Productive Class

    Urban Grounds  |  3/16/10

    John Stossel: “It’s a wonderful world that the Democrats envision, where our artist class (as Democrats see themselves) “create,” and the productive members of society pick up the tab.” Hell, half the nation must be artists then, as right now the productive members of society (lets just call them Republicans for the sake of argument) already [...]

  • TxPotomac News Quiz: Test your knowledge of Ron Paul and Rand Paul

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/16/10

    Welcome to our second Texas on the Potomac News Quiz. Today, we look at the nascent Paul family political dynasty. Enjoy the quiz! And let us know what subjects you'd like us to tackle in future quizzes. Rand Paul and...

  • Effective Grassroots Outreach

    Off the Kuff  |  3/16/10

    I meant to post this over the weekend, but didn’t manage to get to it. From the Inbox: Please join a diverse panel that will discuss Effective Grassroots Advocacy from Multiple Perspectives Hon. Debra Danburg, Former Texas State Representative for HD 137 Jim Boyle, Public Utility Lobbyist and Attorney (www.herreraboylelaw.com) Bee Moorhead, Executive Director of Texas [...]

  • Anyone Advance-Booking For Ardmore?

    Texans for Fiscal Responsibility  |  3/15/10

    The battle for the Texas Legislature has gotten a little more interesting, with predictions the Lone Star State could pick up four new congressional seats. Since the lines are drawn by the state house and senate, anyone with an interest in federal issues better start looking a little further down the ballot. Coupled with a projected budget shortfall, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus may be wondering what he signed up for. Texans currently have 32 ...

  • Dick Armey blasts Republicans on immigration, saying GOP is alienating Latino voters

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/15/10

    Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, a Texas Republican who now works closely with Tea Party activists, said today that Republicans are alienating Hispanic voters with their rhetoric on the immigration issue. Photo by Diana Carlton/Hearst NewspapersDick Armey "These guys...

  • Casey Seiler: Democrats latest horror flick (The Massa Disasta) is no 'Poseidon Adventure'

    Texas on the Potomac  |  3/15/10

    Texas on the Potomac is pleased to share some of the best columns from the top columnists of Hearst Newspapers. Here is a commentary by Casey Seiler of the Albany Times Union. I've always been a fan of 1970s disaster...

  • Chet Edwards again votes "no" on health care bill

    Trail Blazers  |  3/15/10

    Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, today voted against the health care reform legislation to be considered by the House. Edwards also voted no in November when the House passed its first version of the bill. He took the same vote today as the House Budget Committee considered changes to the Senate bill that includes such toxic doozies as the provision that fully funds Nebraska's new Medicaid costs while requiring other states to pay for part ...