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September 16, 2019 4:55 PM
“It is utterly astonishing to me and very, very worrying that young people know cigarettes are bad for you, but they don’t know vaping’s bad for you, too,” Commissioner Hellerstedt said. “And I don’t think that’s an accident that they have been given that impression.”
The scariest part of the
current rash of vaping illnesses is what doctors doing know about the outbreak,
DSHS Commissioner John Hellerstedt
told the Texas School Health Advisory Council.
TSHAC, which serves as an
advisory council to local school district SHACs, has become a one-size-fits-all
stop for everything from sex education to mental health to childhood obesity. So it wasn’t a surprise to hear Hellerstedt
offered some comments on e-cigarettes and vaping, especially given its
increased usage among teens.
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September 16, 2019 4:18 PM
Big announcement today:
“Texas REALTORS® announced today that Daniel Gonzalez, the
association’s Director of Legislative Affairs and Chief Lobbyist, is establishing
an independent lobby firm and the association will be his primary client. Travis
Kessler, Texas REALTORS® President and CEO, said the transition is mutually
beneficial for Gonzalez and the statewide association. ‘Daniel’s
forward-thinking approach has positioned Texas REALTORS® as a powerhouse among
advocacy organizations. He has our full support as he enters this new role, and
our association gains increased flexibility to respond to the fluid dynamics of
the Texas Capitol,’ Kessler said.”
Here’s the full announcement.
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September 16, 2019 9:08 AM
The El Paso Democrat has the backing of El Paso delegation in race to succeed retiring Sen. Jose Rodriguez
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September 14, 2019 10:42 PM
Chair Klick pushes back against the idea that House leadership may have been watching how members voted and then pressured them to change their votes: “we cannot see how each member voted”
After complaints from some
Republican Texas House members and staffers that the election of
the GOP Caucus Vice Chair was not fair and may not have
even featured anonymous voting – as required by the group’s bylaws –
Chair Stephanie Klick on Saturday defended the process as secure and
anonymous.
Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s preferred
candidate, Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Houston, was announced as the winner Friday
evening. He defeated Rep. Andy Murr, R-Kerrville,
who had announced earlier in the week he had secured sufficient
support to win.
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September 14, 2019 3:25 PM
The key vote was 31 to 29
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September 13, 2019 6:37 PM
Appointments, staffer moves, and award winners
Hello from the
road. Great to see you all at the Texas REALTORS® event
in Fort Worth this afternoon. Tomorrow, it's the State
Republican Executive Committee meeting back in Austin.
No rest for the weary
around here.
Meantime, keep those career moves coming to ksbraddock@gmail.com and use POTM in the subject line. No gig is too big
or too small to mention and it’s okay to brag when you win an award or are
recognized in some other way. We’re all proud of you.
Here’s the latest edition
of People on the Move:
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September 13, 2019 9:39 AM
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September 12, 2019 6:40 PM
Some in West Texas suspect Chair Burrows is behind efforts to recruit a candidate against Rep. Lambert, but the operative who made the call denies Burrows’ involvement
Among those that have debated
it, the only county GOP executive committee so far to reject calling on Speaker
Dennis Bonnen to resign was the one in his own backyard. As the Brazoria
County GOP was rejecting that very resolution Monday evening, the Wise
County Republican Party was doing the opposite, joining the Denton,
Polk, Nueces, and Montgomery County GOPs
in declaring the scandal enveloping Speaker Bonnen and former House GOP
Caucus Chairman Dustin Burrows is reason for them to step down.
Having lost the trust of the
members, Rep. Burrows has resigned his leadership role and now some in West
Texas believe he is behind efforts to forge ahead with the alleged plot by
working through allies to recruit challengers for incumbents who voted “no” on
the watered down “taxpayer-funded lobbying” ban that failed on the floor of the
House this past session.
More on that in a moment.
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September 12, 2019 6:25 PM
In January Sen. Alvarado will serve as Chair, Sen. Nathan Johnson will serve as the Vice Chair
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September 12, 2019 4:08 PM
Includes prohibiting straw purchases, reporting of stolen firearms, and bolstering voluntary background checks when guns are sold to strangers
Universal background
checks and red flag laws are missing, but it can finally be said: Gov. Greg
Abbott has included firearms measures in a commission plan to address gun
violence.
Firearms were missing from
Abbott’s plan in the wake of the Santa Fe High School shooting. This
post-Odessa and post-El Paso document – labeled the Texas Safety Action
Plan – includes additional executive actions, as well as suggestions to
strengthen communication and coordination.
"We must act with
resolve in response to the despicable acts of violence we have witnessed in
Texas," said Gov. Abbott.
Democrats, meanwhile, said
the report included some good ideas but was also disappointing and does not go far enough.
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September 11, 2019 12:02 PM
Murr said he wouldn't comment further, other than confirming he has been in contact with a majority of the Caucus who said they had voted for him. The voting officially closes Friday. It would not be surprising if Speaker Bonnen congratulates Murr, but his preferred candidate is Rep. Jim Murphy, who defended the speaker after hearing the audio of the June 12 meeting with MQ Sullivan. Developing....
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September 11, 2019 11:16 AM
Per Kimberly Reeves: "Long-timers remember Harrison from his years as a K12 adviser at the Capitol"
Full announcement
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September 11, 2019 10:24 AM
Warren closing the gap with the former VP, Beto at 16%, Castro at 3
Here are the results.
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September 11, 2019 10:07 AM
Editor Scott Braddock and Chad Hasty discuss that and more on KFYO radio
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September 10, 2019 9:51 PM
the state had grown 14 percent over the past decade, leading all states’ growth. Ultimately, Texas House members should be representing an average of 197,000 people
Chairman Phil King, R-Weatherford, kicked off the
first 28 interim hearings for the Texas House Redistricting Committee
this afternoon in Austin, noting that interim hearings were intended to get
ahead of the data that won’t arrive in the state until late February or early
March.
King and the committee were joined by a slew of Central
Texas Democrats – plus Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-El Paso -- on the dais. It
remains to be seen whether that turnout from Democrats – plus 65 Austin-area
speakers – is a foreshadowing of what may be ahead as Texas both adds three
Congressional seats and heads toward majority-Hispanic status.
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September 10, 2019 4:58 PM
A quartet of county judges
closed out the Texas Association of Counties legislative
conference this past week with words of wisdom on tax caps, tax rates and more.
Here are five takeaways
from Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales, DeWitt County Judge Daryl
Fowler, Polk County Judge Sydney Murphy and Pecos County Judge Joe
Schuster.
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September 9, 2019 10:34 PM
Vote was 23 to 9 as the GOP executive committee in Bonnen’s home county agreed with the argument that MQ Sullivan and Empower Texas should have to “do their own dirty work.”
ANGLETON – “Pray for Dennis
Bonnen. That’s the best thing you can do,” said Brazoria County GOP Chairman
Shayne Green after the executive committee he leads voted down a
resolution calling on the scandal plagued Speaker of the Texas House
to resign.
After a debate that was at
times tense in a small unairconditioned room in the county courthouse annex,
the Brazoria County GOP Executive Committee voted 23 to 9 to
reject the resolution that read, in part, "Corruption and bribery within
our state government shall not be condoned.” The rejected language then reads “we
call for the immediate resignation of Speaker Dennis Bonnen.”
The debate was limited to
about 20 minutes after Chairman Green said it would be possible for him to
allow it to run as long as midnight.
Local Republicans were not
in the mood for that.
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September 9, 2019 6:40 PM
"It's not about me. We need a viable choice in November," Fallon said. As we understand it, Lt. Gov. Patrick called Fallon urging him not to run. Patrick reiterated his support of Sen. Cornyn, who also has the endorsement of President Trump.
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September 9, 2019 12:00 PM
"I’ll be announcing my campaign for re-election for TX #HD127 soon," Huberty tweeted on Saturday
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September 9, 2019 11:59 AM
“The Brazoria County GOP isn’t one of those ‘RINO hunting’ Republican parties….but this is a unique situation.” Some point to the fact that Empower Texans’ whole business model is based on violating Reagan’s 11th commandment
ANGLETON – One of the
understood requirements for a presiding officer of the Texas House of
Representatives is that they be politically rock solid in their
district.
That’s been true for
Speaker Dennis Bonnen, who for 18 years did not even face a primary
challenge then defeated a GOP challenger handily in 2018. But now some local
Republicans have serious questions about his June 12 meeting with Empower
Texans spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan, culminating in a debate
set for tonight about whether to formally ask Bonnen to step down.
If that happens, the Brazoria
County Republican Party would be following the lead of several other
county GOP executive committees. But the result here could prove more significant
given this is the community that’s been sending Bonnen to the Texas House for
more than two decades.
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