Breakfast with Senatorial Candidate Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert will host a “Meet and Greet” breakfast Thursday, March 8th at Granny’s 1802 Santa Fe Drive, Weatherford at 9 am. Come and get to know Tom better and talk to him about his ideas for the State of Texas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Racial incident mars high school game
I never gave much thought to Alan Guth’s “parallel universe” theory. That is – until I read this story. This is still America, is it not – the United Stated of America (USA) right? Are we going to stand by silently and let America be morphed into something Thomas Jefferson could not recognize? Just how [...]
Obama Administration Placing Pro-Abortion Politics Over Womens’ Health Program
I want to share with you this excellent editorial by Governor Perry about the Women’s Health Program and the political games the Obama Administration is playing with it. I recently wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs with several other representatives on this subject, urging him to stay the course and [...]
Urgent Primary Election Update
From Chris Elam, Republican Party of Texas, March 1, 2012 – This afternoon, the San Antonio three-judge federal panel issued an order (click here to read the order in PDF format) setting a May 29th Primary Election and a related administrative calendar for the election. Of particular importance – the order sets a re-opened filing [...]
Texas Redistricting Update – Analysis of New Maps
Chris Elam, Republican Party of Texas, February 28, 2012 – On Tuesday afternoon, the San Antonio three-judge federal panel overseeing Texas redistricting posted new maps for the State House, State Senate and U.S. Congress. We are awaiting a formal order enacting these maps, however, we expect that these will be the final maps issued by [...]
Proposed Rules Changes for Convention Process
By Chris Elam, February 27, 2012 – As part of Chairman Munisteri’s commitment to be totally transparent, the Republican Party of Texas is publishing a final copy of the proposed rules changes in advance of Wednesday’s emergency meeting of the SREC. The final version was not completed until this afternoon (Monday, February 27th) after receiving [...]
How to Prep Your Daughter to Carry a Concealed Weapon
From DailyCaller.com,by Doug Giles, February 27, 2012 – The carrying of a deadly weapon and the ability to have within your hand the wherewithal to remove a person from the planet is a sobering cup of Joe. I know you’re thinking, “Why, thank you Captain Obvious. I wouldn’t have seen that if you hadn’t pointed [...]
EmpowerTexans Update -
From EmpowerTexans.com, by Michael Quinn Sullivan, February 26, 2012 – Even as Texans move more solidly to the commonsense right this election season, Republican House Speaker Joe Straus is betting against conservatives in the Lone Star State. Straus’ Campaign Against Conservatives Back in 2010, Joe Straus campaigned against a Republican super-majority, preferring to keep liberal [...]
RPT Convention Update
________________________________________ SREC and County Chairs Swing Into Action From Chris Elam, Republican Party of Texas – Last Wednesday’s redistricting hearing in San Antonio made it clear that there would not be a Texas Primary in time for precinct conventions to be held at the same time as the primary election. Therefore, this made it an [...]
Texas Supreme Court ruling on groundwater a victory for property owners
Star-Telegram archives/Joyce Marshall – From Fort Worth Star-Telegram, By Bill Hanna, February 24, 2012 – In a landmark ruling that could affect the use and control of groundwater in Texas, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday that property owners have a vested interest in the water under their land.
