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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
The Market Pays What the Market Will Bear: Super Bowl Edition
Over on Facebook, a lot of people have their knickers in a knot over this picture of Super Bowl parking rates from WTHR: The irony is that most of the people who are shocked, shocked at expensive pricing for Super … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for February 3, 2012
James Q. Wilson on income inequality. Obama declares war on Catholics. Hey Rocky, watch me pull 1.2 million people out of the labor force in a single month! “The blue model is breaking down so fast and so far that … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Economics, Guns, Texas, unions
Tagged Adam Winkler, Catholics, Clayton E. Cramer, gun control, Guns, Indiana, Killeen, LinkSwarm, Mickey Kaus, Obama, unions
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Charting Texas Senate Fundraising Numbers
To make it easier to see how the fundraising race has progressed, I made a chart tracking donations to Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst and Tom Leppert: Since this just tracks campaign donations, it doesn’t include self-funding, which both Dewhurst and … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, fundraising, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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More on Lamar Smith Challenger Richard Mack
The website for former sheriff Richard Mack, the man who is challenging SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith in the Republican primary for the Texas 21st congressional district, is back up. His issues page shows there’s much to like about Sheriff Mack. … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Guns, Republicans, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged Brady Bill, gun control, Lamar Smith, ObamaCare, Richard Mack, SOPA, TARP, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas 21st Congressional District
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Lamar Smith Picks Up a Primary Challenger
Former Sheriff Richard Mack is launching a Republican primary challenge against Lamar Smith. He cites SOPA as his primary reason for running against Smith. (He has a website, but it’s currently 404.) Mr. Mack seems to be a Ron Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Lamar Smith, PIPA, Republicans, Richard Mack, Ron Paul, SOPA, Texas, Texas 21st Congressional District
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Jim Schutze on the New Black Panther Party
I must admit that I have not kept up with the doings of the New Black Panther Party. I knew of the Philadelphia voter intimidation case, and involvement in the various corrupt practices the likes of ACORN and their ilk … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Media Watch, Texas
Tagged black, Black Panthers, Dallas, Jim Schutze, John Wiley Price, Media Watch, MSM, New Black Panthers Party, Texas
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Leppert Has Poor Fundraising Quarter, Releases Taxes
Tom Leppert only raised $387,000 from donors in Q4 plus threw in another half million of his own money. That’s down significantly from the $640,000 he raised from donors in Q3, which was down from the $750,000 he raised from … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, fundraising, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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California: Broke Again
“California will run out of cash by early March if the state does not take swift action to find $3.3 billion through payment delays and borrowing, according to a letter state Controller John Chiang sent to state lawmakers today.” Remember … Continue reading
Texas Republican Party on Redistricting Lawsuits State of Play
A long but informative breakdown of where things stand. The bottom line: The cases are still up in the air, Texas GOP is not directly involved in talks, and February 6 is the last day the case can be resolved … Continue reading
Posted in Republicans, Supreme Court, Texas
Tagged Redistricting, Republicans, Supreme Court, Texas
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