Big Jolly Politics

politics in Harris County and Texas

Lost opportunity for METRO?

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Well, I did it again. That's right, I rode the METRO choo choo train yesterday to get to a doctor's appointment in the middle of the Med Center. And I have the ticket to prove it! Everything worked out well except the parking. This time I came from … [Read more]

Rainy Day burden is on Gov. Perry

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But, but...what if some groups do not like the areas that he decides to cut? Well, he'll just have to pull out the old saying from President Barack Obama: elections matter. They certainly do and it is time to pull that card out and play it. For the … [Read more]

Rainy Day burden is on Gov. Perry

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Lots and lots of talk these days about whether to use the Rainy Day fund or not, from both sides of the ideological fence. Overlooked is that there are two separate, and very unequal, applications of that Rainy Fund that are being mixed together and … [Read more]

The Threshold of Transformation

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A few weeks ago I posted about the Middle East and about the historical era that may be unfolding.  As the weeks have gone by, and as we’ve watched events unfold in Washington, Madison, and across the Middle East—and when you think about these … [Read more]

The Threshold of Transformation

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As we've argued over this fundamental issue, the momentum of action has continued its 100-year trajectory toward concentrating more and more resources and responsibility in the hands of government bureaucracies at all levels of government, and we've … [Read more]