“Don’t Retreat, Reload” – No Pledge Card!! Oust Straus Once and For All…….
Our Voices were heard and they were once again ignored. With Redistricting we have just witnessed a classic case of Texas style Good Ol’ Boy Republican establishment.
While Perry’s decision to not sign the SBOE Redistricting bill is a good thing he chose not to stand with Conservatives and Veto the bill. I have been told the reason is, had he vetoed the bill it would have gone back for a vote in the legislature and they had the votes to override his Veto. So much for a Conservative Republican majority. I was also told if he had vetoed the bill it would have gone to the Obama Justice Department and we all know Obama has it out for Texas and especially Gov. Perry since he seems to be a possible opponent in the 2012 election. The challenge is, so much of this was done behind the scenes and we do not know who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. Targets #1 and #2 for the primaries, Texas Rep. Burt Solomons and Sen. Kel Seliger.
The reason why the Texas School Board of Education Redistricting is so important to Moderate Republicans and why they are fighting to flush out Conservative Republicans is…….As they say follow the money.
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May 19th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Call Gov Perry and voice your complaint. It is unacceptable to allow the unfair and illegal map to go into law. Conservatives wanted him to take a stand AGAINST HB 600 which includes the Seliger E120 map. Had he vetoes and called a special session to pass the E118 preferred map by the CONSERVATIVE SBOE board members, then it would have crystalized the conservatives to Perry because he would stand against the liberals. Not showing up for the battle is not being a courageous conservative. And, we must get rid of the puppet committee chairmen who obviously, like dead fish, go with the flow of the Straus agenda. NO MORE PLEDGE CARDS TO STRAUS & if the HD Reps do pledge to Straus at the end of the session—look for another candidate to support. We had better start asking the House Reps now—before the session ends.
May 19th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Thanks for the update. We definitely need to Reload and oust Straus for good.
Carol