Daily Archives: December 20, 2012

Not just vouchers, corporate-sponsored vouchers

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

You can’t make this stuff up. Speaking in a Catholic school classroom in Austin, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and state Sen. Dan Patrick gave the first details of what they promised would be a wide-ranging set of proposals for public … Continue reading →

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Responding the only way they know how

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

That’s our Legislature. In response to last week’s Connecticut school shooting, state Rep.-elect Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, says he will file legislation to allow public school teachers to carry concealed weapons while on campus. The bill, which Villalba is calling the … Continue reading →

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Transition, schmansition

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Don Sumners, ladies and gentlemen. “There is no transition,” said lame-duck Tax Assessor-Collector Don Sumners. The occasionally cantankerous 73-year-old anti-tax taxman said he and his two predecessors came in cold, and [Tax Assessor-elect Mike] Sullivan will have to do the … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of December 17

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance sends its deepest condolences to the people of Newtown as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff says that the voters have done a pretty good job of imposing term limits on the Legislature. … Continue reading →

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