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August 23, 2019 4:14 PM
List includes a broad cross section of GOP members
The letter including the names of
those asking for a caucus meeting can be downloaded
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August 23, 2019 12:09 PM
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That’s enough of this week isn’t it?
More stories about who said what about who
said what about members of the Texas House. It’ll all wear you
out if you let it. My phone was broken but it’s fixed now if you need to text
all weekend about it. I might not text back until Monday, though.
Meantime, kick back and enjoy the latest
career moves in the Texas Capitol community. Your news is always welcome at ksbraddock@gmail.com and be sure to use
POTM in the subject line so I can keep it all organized. Thank you.
Here’s the latest edition of People on the Move
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August 23, 2019 9:17 AM
Unlike his initial response group formed after the attack, the Safety Commission includes quite a few members of the minority party who saw hate and violence visit their community
Gov. Greg Abbott’s
first Texas Safety Commission Roundtable opened with vague
promises of progress and closed with no substantive recommendations on gun
control.
That’s despite
the fact that prior to the initial meeting of the Commission – a closed
door session including a wide variety of stakeholders and state agencies –
Abbott implied the task force might be ready to consider some aspects of gun
control.
"In roundtables we
had in the aftermath of Santa Fe, we took what we thought were big steps to
address the challenges of violence in the state of Texas," Abbott said.
"Obviously in the aftermath of that, there was a different type of gun
violence. There are unique issues about what happened in El Paso that need to
be addressed in addition to the type of violence we saw in the aftermath of
Santa Fe."
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August 22, 2019 8:04 PM
“You and I (and a few others) know that Mr. Sullivan was not given a list, but he created a list. That fact is missing from most accounts,” said Murphy, who heard the audio
After he was accused by Empower
Texans’ attorney of misrepresenting the audio recording of the controversial
June 12 meeting between Speaker Dennis Bonnen and the group’s spokesman Michael
Quinn Sullivan, Chairman Jim Murphy, R-Houston, on Thursday night
said the whole thing could be cleared up if the audio was released publicly.
That is something Empower
Texans has so far refused to do.
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August 22, 2019 5:06 PM
Per Save the Date that just went out, the House Democrats will hold there fundraiser Wednesday, October 16th
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August 22, 2019 12:31 PM
Burrows told KFYO radio host Chad hasty that was no physical "hit list," but that the names came from an off the cuff discussion of opposition to the taxpayer lobbying bill. Listen below
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August 21, 2019 7:38 PM
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August 21, 2019 1:58 PM
Former state senate and Railroad Commission candidate running to replace Zerwas in special election
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August 20, 2019 4:36 PM
Attorneys for Empower argued the June 12 meeting with the speaker should be considered in their case, the Fifth Circuit disagreed
Editor’s note: The
story has been updated throughout – SB
Attorneys for Empower
Texans were denied after asking the Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans to allow the courts to hear arguments about the
alleged quid pro quo offer by Texas House Speaker Dennis
Bonnen of media credentials in exchange for targeting specific GOP members
in their primaries next year.
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August 20, 2019 4:33 PM
For Talarico, it ends speculation he might seek a seat in Congress
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August 20, 2019 4:23 PM
“What this will create is a path to prison…now how come I have to have a high school diploma or GED when I can drop out and become a plumber’s apprentice. I think it’s something that the board should reconsider and put back into the rules.”
A state agency decision to strike a high school diploma
from the requirements to be a plumber has not been well received by the
industry, as the board of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
learned at their meeting earlier this month.
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August 19, 2019 4:31 PM
Patrick suggests the infighting could be a drag on the GOP in a tough election year: “I really think that everyone needs to hear the tape,” Patrick said
In what appeared to be his
first public comments on the controversy, Lt .Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday
declined to take sides in the dustup between Texas House Speaker Dennis
Bonnen and Empower Texans spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan.
But he said an audio
recording of their meeting should be released as soon as possible.
Appearing on the
conservative Mark Davis radio show in Dallas-Fort Worth, Patrick said he
was uncertain where the controversy would go after Texas Rangers
were asked last week to investigate the June 12 meeting of Bonnen, Sullivan,
and former Texas House GOP Caucus Chairman Dustin Burrows.
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August 19, 2019 4:09 PM
Stakeholders support an even mix between the loans and grants and the use of state funds to offer buyouts; about half said the need for rehabilitation of existing infrastructure was as important as new mitigation measures
Texas forges ahead into flood planning, putting together
initial regional stakeholder groups and taking feedback as to how $973 million
appropriated last session should be spent.
Flood planning is fairly new to
the Texas Water Development Board, which was formed in the 1950s
to combat long-term drought in the state. Most of TWDB’s work has focused on
long-term availability and, more recently, on the revolving SWIFT fund.
Prior to 2015, TWDB’s involvement in flooding was
primarily centered on distributing federal grants and coordinating the National
Flood Insurance Program. But as the rounds of Texas flooding have
become more intensive, lawmakers have additional duties: expanding flood gauges
and hardening stream gauges against major weather events; taking a state flood
assessment; and calibrating river models to avoid a recurrence of the Wimberley
flood.
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August 19, 2019 4:06 PM
Editor Scott Braddock and KFYO radio host Chad Hasty discuss the news of the day
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August 19, 2019 3:45 PM
Possible Democratic candidates include HISD Trustee Elizabeth Santos and John Chapa Gorczynski, a longtime aide to Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston
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August 19, 2019 1:34 PM
Meetings coming up August 22nd In Austin, August 29th In El Paso
You can see the full list
of commission members by downloading it
here.
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August 19, 2019 11:38 AM
Here's the
announcement from the Office of the Governor.
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August 19, 2019 9:04 AM
"Serving the citizens of Texas House District 121 is a genuine honor and responsibility, which I take seriously and hold in the highest regard. It is with this dedication and humility that I announce I will seek re-election," Allison said.
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August 16, 2019 5:42 PM
A subdued ALEC, agency news, lobby moves, and appointments
So great to see all your
smiling faces at ALEC and the associated events this week. Even ran
into a Democrat or two – and not just the protesters outside. Someone joked
that any officeholders or candidates protesting ALEC better not have taken any
contributions from various companies’ PACs. Would not be a good look.
Some of the folks on “the
list” looked to be in good spirits at the Four Seasons bar, which
I still just don’t like. And apparently one of the wives of an “B lister” (“Bonnen
lister”) didn’t mind heckling Speaker Dennis Bonnen as he was speaking
at the Texas dinner.
Awkward.
Meantime, there’s some
agency news, lobby moves, and appointments to pass along this week. If you have
career news to share with the Texas Capitol community, you can send
it anytime at ksbraddock@gmail.com
and please use POTM in the subject line. Many thanks.
Here’s the latest edition
of People on the Move.
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August 16, 2019 5:36 PM
The “C” and “D” categories did shrink. On campus grades, about a quarter of all campuses were “C,” another 37 percent were “B” and almost one in five campuses in Texas were rated with an “A” this year.
Commissioner Mike Morath spent part of this week celebrating
the success of districts like Aldine ISD, while news outlets were
focused on the future of nearby Houston ISD.
Both Morath and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
both emphasized a theme that “poverty is not destiny” during an appearance at Stephens
Elementary in Aldine. Stephens moved from a “D” to an “A” in the course
of one year, with a
“The educators at Stephens Elementary start the day with
the belief that all children can learn, they can achieve at high levels, they
can learn reading, writing and math,” Morath said. “And when they say all, they
mean all. They don’t mean unless you’re a foster child. They don’t mean unless
you’re homeless. They don’t mean unless you’re poor, or you don’t speak English
or unless you’re in special education.”
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August 16, 2019 5:03 PM
After rumblings earlier this week that the RNC is unhappy about the situation and awkward moments at ALEC in Austin, the story goes national: "Except there was a tape..."
The story plays dramatically
in the pages
of the Times:
AUSTIN — In Texas, they’re
calling it the case of “The Speaker and the Creeper.”
The political imbroglio
started last month, when Michael Quinn Sullivan, a conservative pit-bull
who routinely antagonizes establishment politicians, accused the Republican
House Speaker, Dennis Bonnen, of offering his organization coveted House
media credentials if it would work to defeat 10 incumbent House members from
Mr. Bonnen’s own party.
Mr. Bonnen denied it, and
the bombshell was initially greeted with some skepticism. Why would one of the
state’s top politicians court a back-room deal — to undermine his own bench —
with a man Texas Monthly recently described as “one of the biggest snakes in
Texas politics?”
Except there was a tape….
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August 16, 2019 12:09 PM
KFYO radio in Lubbock cites sources close to Burrows.
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August 16, 2019 11:05 AM
Not an insignificant county GOP; the executive committee also asked the Republican Party of Texas to condemn the alleged actions "and assure the public that the organization will not tolerate anything that compromises the conservative principles and standards we hold ourselves to." The adopted resolution also asks the House GOP Caucus to select a replacement speaker
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