Michael Quinn Sullivan: "Our Side is Winning"
(Editor's Note: Conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan has become one of the most powerful unelected figures at the Capitol, happily doing battle with lawmakers he says are wasting taxpayers’ money. But in his never-ending crusade to fight spending, he has trained his sights on an unlikely foe: the members of his own party. The following is an exclusive online excerpt of "Primary Targets," a profile of Sullivan from Texas Monthly's January 2013 issue by senior editor Nate Blakeslee.)
One steamy afternoon in September, Michael Quinn Sullivan unfolded his lanky, six-foot-four-inch frame from a rented SUV and considered the ...
Comments (10)
Christine Carey via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Someone's got to do this. Now we have a Ratliff playing Republican - Ha! Wake up, straight ticket voters.
Shawn AndMichelle Wehmeyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Just another corporate lobbyist!!
Kurt Krakowian via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Michael Quinn Sullivan has done more for the people of Texas then some of our elected officials. I hope he keeps an eye on State Rep Doc Anderson... The one that uses his district office in Waco for Campaign uses and turns in bogus travel reimbursements.
Neil Moyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
just another fraud...
Kate Raetz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Kurt - if they pay part of the district office rent with campaign money, it's allowed to be used for some campaign work.
Kurt Krakowian via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Kate. No the state paid it all. I know personally because I worked for him for 2.5 years.
Joe Deshotel
He maybe "winning" but his game coming to an end.
nick pell
Next thing the Texas Tea Party will do is require teachers to carry guns in the classroom. Of course, they'll be required to pay for it themselves.
Samdavis
Sullivan's idea of wasting money is spending it on wasteful things like education, social services, worker safety....
William Pate
Maybe if your only concern is making yourself money, he's "winning." Standing up for what you believe in (with facts) and actually attempting to create and implement good public policy aren't even on Sullivan's map. But, hey, writing feature stories on him just strokes his ego more, to his glee, I'm certain.