A pair of far-reaching elections bills that would make voting more difficult in Texas are attracting ire of the Lone Star State’s business community.
Corporations are people!!!
If you won’t listen to the people, then LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!!!
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You need to use a bigger mallet.
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As we watch the brutal crackdowns of the democracy movement in Hong Kong and the voter suppression bills passing in Georgia, Texas, Iowa at all, it is becoming clear that Republican lawmakers resemble brutal autocrats in China more than they do friends of democracy in America.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 2, 2021
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I’m really impressed by the DOT’s action here–and heartened to see a counter-proposal to the project that would include mass transit. If there’s one thing Houston could use more of, especially north of downtown where I-45 runs, it’s more commuting options besides another couple of freeway lanes heading each way.
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“Texans are fed up with corporations that don’t share our values trying to dictate public policy,” he said.
I would like to know exactly what values they are talking about.
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Will Beto be their Stacy?
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An experience familiar to many Americans working/living overseas.
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Texans should be fed up with politicians that don’t share our values trying to dictate public policy.
Better.
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Yes.
A few years back, Denton (just north of Dallas; home of the U. of North Texas) held a city referendum on whether fracking should be permitted within the city limits. It passed overwhelmingly. The very next year, the state legislature (which meets, fittingly, in odd-numbered years) passed a law forbidding any city from outlawing fracking. For a party that makes a constant fuss about the gub’mint interfering in the lives of citizens, communities, and states, this law seemed an especially ham-fisted way of showing that they really don’t mean all that talk about the virtues of home rule.
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Yea especially oil and gas.
Some Texans are fed up with Dan Patrick.
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Many I believe.
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Change is coming.
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Asked and answered.
They are just following orders without realizing the impacts.
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Seems kind of incongruous to me to be betting the future of the party on low-propensity Trump voters to continue showing up to vote while simultaneously making it harder for them to do so. But what do I know?
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GOP state official both elected and not, have been for decades pursuing a successful strategy of being very pro-business. Remember this?
So where was Dan Patrick then?
From his wiki:
" In the 2010 general election, Patrick was reelected with 86.4% of the vote. He also endorsed Rick Perry for re-election in the 2010 election. Soon after winning re-election, Patrick announced, and subsequently created, a Tea Party Caucus in the Texas state legislature, which at its creation had 48 legislative members.
W. Gardner Selby, editor of the Austin American-Statesman’ s “PolitiFact Texas”, listed Patrick as third among the top 10 Republican political influencers in Texas. Patrick is also listed in Texas Monthly as one of the state’s most powerful players.
So Patrick endorsed a very pro-business strategy just like all Texas GOP members. Now that Businesses such as American Airlines have made a statement he wants to punish a Businesses free speech rights? I thought the GOP was fully supportive that corporations are people and thus have 1st amendment rights? Is this not exactly what they have fought for in Hobby Lobby and Citizens United? Get your facts straight or people might just believe that you are a craven power seeking power so you can punish all those against you regardless of the US constitution or the law.
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The Texas Lege used to be considered a source for humor, the congress critters would descend here in Austin every 2 years and shenanigans would ensue. That all changed with Karl Rove and the demonizing of liberals and the Democratic party. The Republicans dropped some of the long standing " gentleman’s agreements " on how things were done and it’s been a shitshow ever since
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HP, Oracle, Space X Tesla have all relocated their HQs from California to Texas. Apple has a big footprint in both states yet.
If I timed it wrong, traffic on I 35 was bad going thru Austin 25-30 years ago. Worse than San Antonio. They are going to need a lot of infrastructure as those companies increase their footprint and companies that supply those already there move in.
Space X is also taking over Boca Chica Village.
Business or commercial electric rates are a lot cheaper in Texas than all but 4 other states. And no state taxes.Plus a pro business attitude. With property values soaring, their tax revenues should be going up too.
But I could not live in Texas from May-October.
Too damn hot. Houston is too damn humid. The area between Texarkana, Longview and Nacogdoches I liked, probably all the trees and greener environment.
He will drive all those snake like liberal corporations out of Texas and they’ll call him St Patrick of Texas.
Yep and both Tesla and Oracle have decided to move to Austin. Time for them to suspend those moves and for their Employees to make some noise. Texas brags about it’s great business climate, time for rain on that parade.