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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Feb 8, 2010

Posted by nytexan

The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for the Saints’ stirring Super Bowl victory, and reminds them that the “hair of the dog” trick doesn’t really help with the hangover.
The Texas Cloverleaf highlights the sentencing of GOP Denton County Constable Ken Jannereth. Probation, anger management, laying off the bottle, and maybe more [...]

Former Houston Mayor Trying To Whitewash His Record

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Bill White Uses TV Commercial to Write Revisionist History
AUSTIN-Former Houston mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White released his second television ad today-”Meet Bill White,” which will air statewide in both English and Spanish starting Friday evening.
One thing the ad doesn’t do is tell the truth about Bill White’s record as Houston’s mayor. “White is [...]

Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Jan 4, 2010

Posted by nytexan

The Texas Progressive Alliance is still somewhat amazed to be living in the year we make contact, and we hope we’re all still going strong when Odyssey Three rolls around.
Texas has most drilling, worst regulation. Texas made national news this week in the ProPublica investigative report and they used pictures provided by TXsharon at Bluedaze: [...]

Houston Elects Openly Gay Mayor Annise Parker

Posted by nytexan

Finally Texans got it right. Houston the nations fourth largest city has elected Annise Parker as their next Mayor in a run off race with Gene Locke. Hopefully this will wake the rest of the state up that Texans are moving away from the Rick Perry George Bush bubba politics.
Electing Parker says a lot for [...]

Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Dec 7, 2009

Posted by nytexan

Once again it’s time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs.
Power to the People! Head over to Texas Vox to learn more about the Fair Elections Now Act.
Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and some painful lessons learned [...]

Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Nov 23, 2009

Posted by nytexan

The Texas Progressive Alliance as Thanksgiving week begins brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs.
The Texas Cloverleaf clues you in on why you can’t breathe in Denton County– gas drillers!
WCNews at Eye On Williamson has some Thoughts on Straus’ Interim Charges – including topics like feral hogs, blogging, and transportation.
On Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR [...]

Lack Of Incentives Causes Solar Project To Snub Texas

Posted by nytexan

Gilbert Says His Energy Plan Would Help Bring More Solar Projects To State
TYLER-Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hank Gilbert (D-Whitehouse) said this morning that yesterday’s announcement that a large solar panel factory will be built in Arizona instead of Texas should be a wake up call for the state-and one which his energy and environment policy would [...]

Kay Bailey Hutchinson Confused Again

Posted by nytexan

Kay Bailey Hutchinson once again can’t decide what to do. Another fine Texas Republican who can’t do what they say. Kay’s version of the Texas two step or three or four step goes something like this
July 29, 2009 Dallas Morning News:
“Formal announcement: I am in. Then the actual leaving of the Senate will be sometime [...]

Hank Gilbert Calls On Texas To “Go Green”

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Proposes Overhaul Of Environmental Regulatory Agency, Increasing Renewable Portfolio Standard
AUSTIN-Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Hank Gilbert unveiled a series of bold, common sense addressing energy and the environment on Wednesday in Austin.
With Lady Bird Lake and the skyline of one of America’s ten greenest cities as his backdrop, Gilbert called for a statewide plan to address global [...]

Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Nov 9, 2009

Posted by nytexan

The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had a happy Election Day last week, and is already looking forward to the next one. Here are this week’s highlights.
TXsharon continues to report from a backyard in the Barnett Shale. Despite all the local and national press on drilling related toxins, carcinogens and neurotoxins in our air, Aruba [...]

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