Willow Park special event – Dedication of Pfc. Paul Balint Jr Memorial Park
Welcome to a very special 4th of July celebration! Join us for food and music Saturday, July 4th from 12 pm until 2 pm at the Municipal Complex, 516 Ranch House Road, Willow Park, Texas. The city of Willow Park under the leadership of Mayor Kenneth Hawkins and Mayor Pro Tem Hale Alderman will host [...]
Legislating in Texas is a unique experience – only for those who can endure it
The best thing about the session? It’s over. The budget is balanced and the Rainy Day Fund is untouched. The session was long and ugly. A few elected officials (especially one from Waco) acted like children. The Democrats in the House were burning over Voter ID and thus were willing to kill bills rather than [...]
With national headlines looking down see why Texas is looking up
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King Voices Concern over Illegal Planned Parenthood Abortions
Phil King Contact Information:(512) 463-0738 June 18, 2009 Austin – This week, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) issued notices of violation to Planned Parenthood clinics in San Antonio that were performing abortions illegally in unlicensed facilities in Texas, posing a danger to the lives and health of women in Texas. The notices of [...]
Narcissism ~ An interesting view on our new president
Dr. Sam Vaknin is an Israeli psychologist who has written extensively about narcissism. Dr. Vaknin states “I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama from the first time I saw him. At first I was excited to see a black candidate. He looked youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident – a wholesome presidential [...]
Where has common sense gone
Where Has Common Sense Gone? By Thomas Paine INTRODUCTION Tax day is April fifteenth. The citizens of Weatherford, Texas decided to hold a Tea Party, representative of the earlier one in Boston harbor, to protest unreasonable tax burdens. I attended that party and was struck by the number of ordinary citizens who were there. I [...]
Holding Government to the Appropriate Standards #1
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? (Holding Government to the Appropriate Standards) No. 1 Thomas Paine – April 2009 Our Federal Government has certain important and defined functions. To support those functions it must raise revenue. All citizens understand and accept this fact. Government can and should tax income and consumption. Government should not tax anything [...]
Holding Government to the Appropriate Standards #2
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? (Holding Government to the Appropriate Standards) No. 2 Thomas Paine – April 2009 Essay No. 1 noted the need to eliminate all subsidies. Subsidies seldom achieve the intended objective and very often do much unintended damage to other elements of the economy. At the very least they create dependencies that [...]
How Manipulating the Tax Code Promotes Bad Government
WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? (How Manipulating the Tax Code Promotes Bad Government) No. 3 Thomas Paine – May 2009 Essay No. 2 shed light on an attempt to promote solar energy by once again using a rightfully popular concept to distort logic and perpetuate a tax and spend mentality which is so aptly demonstrated [...]
