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On a new compensation plan for Texas legislators

March 22, 2012 On Big Government

I have had this idea for a while, but I was recently reminded of it by Barry Moltz’ post entitled Should Politicians’ Salaries Be Based on Their Performance? In a sense I think the answer should be, “Yes,” but not in the way Barry intended it. My proposal would be to pay legislators .1 percent [...]

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Video from the Plano ISD-PTA Candidate Forum

March 4, 2012 News

Over the next few weeks, I will be breaking this up into multiple videos. I am thinking two videos per question: one with just my reply and another with the reply for all the candidates. That said, for those of you who might want to watch the whole shabang, I am posting it today in [...]

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Our Revels (for) Now Are Ended

November 6, 2010 News

My thanks to all of you for your commitment to my campaign. I am truly honored to have had it. As I am sure you know, on Election Day I received an amazing 25,856 votes. I say amazing because, as my lovely wife Christine posited, “We don’t know 25,000 people!” I agreed. Unfortunately, my opponent, [...]

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Really Senator Shapiro?

October 16, 2010 News

This week on her monoblog (I call it this because it does not allow comments), my competitor, Senator Florence Shapiro writes: As your Senator, my philosophy has always been—and will continue to be—that the role of government should be a limited one. Government cannot and should not be allowed to continually expand its role. Really, [...]

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Clearly My Problem Is Name Recognition

October 2, 2010 News

Funny story and true story. Last month at a Labor Day rally in Frisco, this attractive young woman approached my table asking, “Are you Sean Kless’ Dad?” “That’s me,” I said. It turns out Christy is a teacher at my son’s preschool. My son Sean has better name recognition than I do. So, please if [...]

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A Confluence of Two Ideas

September 30, 2010 News

In an article on texting while driving in the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, two ideas that I talk about on this blog came together. First, the idea of politicians not understanding unintended consequences of the laws they pass. I have no doubt that most politicians (including my opponent Senator Shapiro) truly want to help their [...]

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On Yard Signs

September 30, 2010 News

This is funny! I received a “friendly reminder” from my home owners association about the fact that I had displayed two “Elect Kless” signs (one in each of the front windows). Well, they have been taken down and replaced by the one yard sign. Of course, there is printing on both the front and the [...]

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Interested in Hosting a Coffee Klatch for Kless?

September 27, 2010 News

A few folks have asked what they can do to help my campaign that is non-financial in nature. As a result, I am embarking on a new/old idea – the Coffee Klatch for Kless (or wine and cheese if an evening event is better, but there is no alliteration in “wine and cheese for Kless”). [...]

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Video from the Allen Area Patriots’ Candidate Forum

September 27, 2010 News

Special thanks to Michael Openshaw from the North Texas Tea Party for posting video of the first two parts of the candidate forum from last Thursday. I think I held my own against the well-spoken, five-term incumbent State Senator. I plan to edit this down to the best three minutes in the future. This is [...]

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Reason 1 Why Republicans Should Consider Voting for Me

September 15, 2010 On Big Government

This classic strip appeared in the papers on a couple of Sundays ago. If you are truly looking for a smaller government, you must consider voting Libertarian. As Libertarian Party executive director Wes Benedict said: Republicans are trying to fool you again. There are two kinds of Tea Partiers. One kind is so blinded by [...]

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