The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everybody had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend as it brings you this week’s blog roundup.
This week on Left of College Station, Teddy takes a look at the positions of Chet Edwards and Bill Flores on energy and finds that it is unlikely that leadership on the environment, clean energy, and climate change will come from Texas Congressional District 17. Left of College Station also covers the week in headlines.
WhosPlayin is watching the tax rate election for his local school district, where anonymous mailers are flying and things are not looking good for it to pass.
Libby Shaw is at again over at TexasKaos, exposing Republican puppetry of the rankest order. Who’s pulling the strings? Check it out: Meet the GOP/Tea Party Billionaire Puppet Masters, Part 2.
This week at McBlogger, we take a look at Dick Armey and a really stupid fund manager who is pissy about finally being asked to pay the same taxes the rest of us pay.
Off the Kuff turned its attention to the State Senate this week, featuring interviews with State Sens. Rodney Ellis, John Whitmire, and Mario Gallegos.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders if anyone else is wary of the new ERCOT pricing scheme? Does anyone remember the smartest guys in the room?
Bay Area Houston believes that The Harris County Voter Registrar, Leo Vasquez, should resign before being indicted.
The Harris County commissioners approved Clerk Beverly Kaufman’s nearly $14 million emergency request for less than 25% of the necessary e-Slates to vote with, and she also included a rather large print order: 1.4 million paper ballots. PDiddie’s Brains and Eggs has the details.
As Harris County Democrats focus on Republican attacks on legitimate voter registration drives and concern themselves with how the county will respond to the loss of all our voting machines in a fire, Neil at Texas Liberal had a brief Facebook exchange with Harris County Judge Executive Ed Emmett on issues of election integrity.