Why is CSCOPE being given the time and room to plot it’s next move? CSCOPE has broken trust with Texas parents and taxpayers in every possible way. Intrepid parents and taxpayers like Donna Garner, Janice Van Cleave, Women on the Wall, and Americans for Prosperity-Texas are finding out just how bad the picture really is.…
Rep. Larson pleas to keep Texans in the dark
State Rep. Lyle Larson wrote an opinion piece in the Dallas Morning News in a plea to bring back the good ol’ days when special interests passed crony laws without blowback and always fumbled the conservative legislation they were elected to pass. The Wall Street Journal did a good job of putting Larson’s fable in…
Texas stands against Chicago politics
Matt Krause (R- Tarrant County) gave a rousing speech yesterday, opposing the passage of SB 346, a House leadership bill designed to silence critics and privilege unions. The law passed, and represents one of the most forward examples of the Chicago politics Joe Straus and his team have tried to smuggle into Texas. In his…
Charlie Geren with Obama’s IRS
Last week’s news that the IRS under the Obama administration had been targeting conservative groups leading up to the 2012 election wasn’t shocking. What’s interesting is Texas Republican House leadership is acting in a similar manner. Obama’s little helper in the Texas House is Charlie Geren, who will be working today to disclose donors to…
Pro-CSCOPE Wichita Falls School Board violates Open Meetings Act
The Wichita Fall School Board looks to have violated the Open Records Act by holding a pro-CSCOPE meeting with the Wichita Country Republican Women, according to a story in the Times Record News, a Wichita Falls newspaper. The meeting was an apparent attempt by a pro-CSCOPE school board to tamp down growing opposition to CSCOPE,…