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On Term Limits (and another campaign promise)

September 6, 2010 On Big Government

Today, I had a very good conversation with a new advisor of mine. One of the questions I was asked was my thoughts about term limits. As a result of this conversation, I thought it would be a good idea to write about my ideas on the subject. While I do not think term limits [...]

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My Resignation Letter

August 20, 2010 On Big Government

To the voters of Texas State Senate District 8: I am making this public. If I ever vote for increasing the tax burden or increasing spending, I will turn in my letter of resignation to the Texas Senate within 24 hours. If I fail to do this, I expect voters to vote against me at [...]

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Sit Down, Ed!

August 12, 2010 On Big Government

One of my all time favorite movies is 1776. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. It is great fun and is fairly historically accurate. (Except for the singing delegates to the Second Continental Congress, of course.) This is the opening number where John Adams berates his fellow members for not considering [...]

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Blog, Sort Of

June 16, 2010 News

Well, my opponent has put up a blog, sort of, http://shapirofortexas.org/. It does not accept comments. It is very pretty though.

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Let’s Have a Real Voucher Program

April 17, 2010 News

The Statesman.com reports that my opponent, Senator Shapiro is backing a plan to have the Texas Education Agency “pay for one SAT or ACT college entrance exam for high school juniors this spring and summer, prompting more students to sign up to take the SAT, which costs $45 , and the ACT, which costs $47 [...]

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Credit for Good Work

April 12, 2010 News

A brief shout out to my opponent in the November election, Senator Florence Shapiro on receiving the TLR Civil Justice Leadership Award for “her support of a fair and predictable civil justice system in Texas.” My congratulations on a bring reform to the legal system here in Texas. This is clearly on area where we [...]

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Closing Remarks from the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum

April 5, 2010 News

On Saturday, February 12, I participated in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Collin County. My thanks to Janice Schieffer and the entire team at LWVoCC, they made this rookie feel quite at home. This video is of my closing remarks. Each candidate was given one minute.Thanks to my lovely [...]

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On repealing taxes and “paying” for it

April 2, 2010 On Big Government

On Saturday, February 12, I participated in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Collin County. This is the fifth in a series of five videos in which I respond to questions from the attendees. Each candidate was given one minute to respond. The question was “The Franchise Tax was revised [...]

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On where jobs are created

March 29, 2010 On Big Government

On Saturday, February 12, I participated in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Collin County. This is the fourth in a series of five videos in which I respond to questions from the attendees. Each candidate was given one minute to respond. The question was “What policies and plans will [...]

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On repealing the gas tax

March 25, 2010 On Big Government

On Saturday, February 12, I participated in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Collin County. This is the third in a series of five videos in which I respond to questions from the attendees. Each candidate was given one minute to respond. The question was “What measures would you propose [...]

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