The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 15, 2012
The Big Conversation:
With speculation about 2014 heating up, the spotlight in Texas has turned squarely to George P. Bush.
As the Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday, Bush's father, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, sent out a fundraising appeal to donors this week asking them to support his son's potential run for Texas land commissioner in 2014.
"While the election is in 2014, it is important to show early financial support, particularly in a state as big as Texas," the elder Bush wrote. "The office that George is considering running for is Land Commissioner which overseas the mineral ...
Comments (13)
Robin Lamon Noel via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We've had enough shrubs in Texas.
Michelle Michon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Just say "NO"!
Betty Dawn Hamilton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I guess someone will buy him a ranch and a pickup and chain saw and call him a "Texas Cowboy"?
Doris Murdock via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No, not another one, please. Remember when his Grandad referred to him and his siblings as 'the little brown ones'?
T.G. Caraway via Texas Tribune on Facebook
AG, you have got to be kiddin me!
Neil Moyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Pleeze, just go back to FL!
JC DemocratofTejas
P. Bush. Well I guess we are supposed to forget his mom trying to smuggle her jewelry past customs officials in order to avoid paying duty on them; and the "chad" voter problems associated with daddy Jeb in Florida in Uncle duhbya's election. Or even the nuther brother/unkie who pushed the voting and school software getting perry-rich, that seems to have gone underground.
Lots of people forget. But if you can't face reality you can make believe P. Bush will be good for you. I guess there are more 1%ers out there benefitting from greed than I thought. Or maybe you just think you have been helped by being silently 99% of America.
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Go back to Florida. Please, no more Bush crime family.
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Go for John Cornyn place in 2014.......
Billy Riddle via Texas Tribune on Facebook
George P for Gov. Anybody But Perry.
Colin Strother via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It is about time he gets a job somewhere, considering he's done nothing.
Mack Green
Too bad he is not a woman. If he were, he would be the perfect token candidate for Republican demographic goals in recapturing lost voters.
If he could just make up his mind for what to run for... Is that an indicator of his zeal for public service?
Christine Lund
Since Texas wants to try to shrink the federal government, I suppose Texans better get used to picking up the cost for more and more of those responsibilities. We better start funding this stuff now, so how can we ethically call for any cuts to anything. Our 'for profit' prison contracts haven't been working out and we may be paying out a lot of money, covering the cost of these problems. Who thought it was a good idea to contract out work to a company that doesn't hire qualified people. How many people will walk away from these units and hurt others? Look at our education system. We obviously cannot afford to properly educate our kids. We need more and better teachers, computers, books . . .
After all Americans have gone through so much and many of our children are still cleaning up the mess left by the last Bush we had in office. Thank you but no thank you.