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zoux posted:Yeah I sure hate how my house smells like good rear end barbeque all the time - a liberal piece of poo poo. I love BBQ and the smell of burning mesquite but drat, too much of a good thing always gets old.
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Apr 2, 2015 01:26
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Fair enough, but I'd say it would all depend on who was there first. You move in next to an existing BBQ place, that's on you.
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Apr 2, 2015 01:30
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ReidRansom posted:Fair enough, but I'd say it would all depend on who was there first. You move in next to an existing BBQ place, that's on you. Tell that to all the fuckers that move into a downtown condo and then immediately start complaining about the music.
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Apr 2, 2015 01:49
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The House finally passed a budget. Naturally, they defeated an amendment that would cost basically nothing that would study whether there's a gender pay gap with state employees. I can't find a reason why, but I'm gonna imagine it's "lol gently caress them broads."
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Apr 2, 2015 10:46
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PostNouveau posted:The House finally passed a budget. Naturally, they defeated an amendment that would cost basically nothing that would study whether there's a gender pay gap with state employees. I can't find a reason why, but I'm gonna imagine it's "lol gently caress them broads." I see after all the talk about how lovely all the state facilities are, they decided to take money away from the Facilities Commission.
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Apr 3, 2015 03:25
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Badger of Basra posted:I see after all the talk about how lovely all the state facilities are, they decided to take money away from the Facilities Commission. Gotta keep $5 billion in reserve for tax "relief".
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Apr 3, 2015 04:54
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Badger of Basra posted:I see after all the talk about how lovely all the state facilities are, they decided to take money away from the Facilities Commission. The Senate is doing a lot more with facilities than the House, but the cuts there might be because they are anticipating the creation of a special Facilities Deferred Maintenance fund, which the special committee in the Senate is looking at. I'd look more into it but I don't wanna read a budget document, sorry.
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Apr 3, 2015 04:56
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they're replacing the roof on a big state office building this summer, so there's that at least.
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Apr 4, 2015 04:43
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DMN editorial board comes out swinging against Ken Paxton http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150402-editorial-special-prosecutor-needed-in-ken-paxton-case.ece A Houston Chronicle article on the same subject http://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...twitter-premium
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Apr 4, 2015 05:57
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So it turns out that the debate over repealing the Texas DREAM Act was cancelled for April 3rd. What's the story on that?
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Apr 4, 2015 11:40
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Well this is awful: Texas Bill Would Name Judges Who Give Minors Permission to Have Abortions
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Apr 5, 2015 07:54
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What a horrific bill. It will overwhelmingly pass.
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Apr 6, 2015 07:13
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Oh hey, some Republican proposed an Indiana-style religious freedom law.
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Apr 8, 2015 09:36
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But...we already have an RFRA Are we just going to add anti-gay language to ours in a somehow even-less-plausible gambit than Indiana's?
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Apr 8, 2015 10:20
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Somewhat fortunately, our lawmakers here seem to be more beholden to business than they are to the vice and virtue police and will probably kill it for fear of pissing off all the giant corporations headquartered here. Hilarious that they want it to override local ordinances though.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:10
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Local control can just be a cover for "local tyranny", per Senator Huffines. 
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Apr 8, 2015 15:12
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That poo poo's been filed for months.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:19
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This poo poo is still going on? http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2015-04-06/district-4-contest-arrives-in-court/ quote:Defeated City Council candidate Laura Pressley had her first day in court Monday morning, in a pre-trial hearing before visiting Judge Daniel H. Mills, of Pressley's election contest against City Council Member Greg Casar. Mills was amiably skeptical of Pressley's claims, but tentatively planned a trial for June.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:38
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The House passed it's tax cut plan which is actually....good? It would cut the sales tax rate, which as we all know is a regressive tax that disproportionally affects the poor, from 6.25 to 5.95. Similarly to the Senate, it also cuts the franchise tax by a set percentage. So the Senate is pushing for property tax cuts (the plan they passed would give back an avg. of $220 to property owners) and the House is pushing for sales tax cuts. Who will win? Up now is the full day pre-k funding bill. zoux fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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Apr 8, 2015 19:00
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zoux posted:The House passed it's tax cut plan which is actually....good? Looks like the conservatives were right about secret democrat Joe Strauss!
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Apr 8, 2015 21:21
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The Senate voted to move the office that investigates corruption. They're going to "depoliticize" the agency by having the Texas Rangers do the investigating and then refer the charges to the district attorneys in the lawmakers' home districts, which could never possibly have any politicization at all. I'm sure all the district attorneys will jump at the chance to indict a powerful local figure. They did this because the corruption unit indicted Rick Perry.
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Apr 9, 2015 08:20
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Not even close. This all stems back to the old DA Ronnie Earle who used his PIU jurisdiction to majorly gently caress with Republican legislators. Well, they felt they did, how much abusing he did depends on if you are a D or an R but the takeaway is that there was a lot of bad blood between the Legislature and the DA's office. So when current DA Rosemary Lehmberg got busted for a DUI, Perry said that if she didn't resign, he'd line item veto funding for the PIU out of the 2013 budget. She didn't, he did, and that's what he got indicted over after the fact. It's a mega-bad bill that opens the door for venue shopping but getting the PIU out of Travis county is a GOP goal that goes way back. Seriously, look into poo poo before you post, left wing conspiracy theories are just as ignorant and ridiculous as right wing ones.
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Apr 9, 2015 14:20
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zoux posted:Not even close. You realize that what you said and what he said don't contridict at all? This can both be a long term Republican goal and a bill that passed the senate because of Perry's indictment.
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Apr 9, 2015 15:55
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Except the PIU didn't indict/investigate Perry and all the Travis Co. DA personnel recused themselves. All this "get the PIU out of Travis Co" stuff happened because of Lehmberg's DUI giving them a cassus belli to act, and nothing to do with Perry's indictment. zoux fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Apr 9, 2015 |
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Apr 9, 2015 15:57
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zoux posted:Except the PIU didn't indict/investigate Perry and all the Travis Co. DA personnel recused themselves. Except Perry's indictment (and the events that lead to it) is the final proof in their eyes that the PIU has been "politicized" regardless of who staffed the investigation.
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Apr 9, 2015 16:12
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Perry's indictment has zero to do with it. The Lege hated Perry, no one is going to bat for him, especially now that he's out of office. Also,especially since the PIU had nothing to do with the indictment. Speaking of the PIU, who passed on the chance to form a grand jury about Ken Paxton despite being rabidly partisan, Collin Co is looking at an investigation. zoux fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Apr 9, 2015 |
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Apr 9, 2015 16:15
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zoux posted:Seriously, look into poo poo before you post, left wing conspiracy theories are just as ignorant and ridiculous as right wing ones. Eh, fine I got that fact of who did the indicting wrong, but it's still stemming from the Lege having an axe to grind over the Perry indictment. Wouldn't it be an even farther-reaching conspiracy if they've been looking to take down the office since Ronnie Earle indicted Tom DeLay? That was a decade ago. This is beside the point anyway. It's a step in the wrong direction that will result in DAs quashing corruption charges.
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Apr 9, 2015 19:48
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What's more concerning, imo, is that it's up in the air about who is going to investigate and prosecute gas tax and insurance fraud. Like 95% of what the PIU does are those cases, and since they had their legs cut out from under them, they've been returning those cases to the local jurisdictions where they've happened. Those places often lack the resources and expertise to get convictions. I mean, they once in a blue moon indict a public official, but as usual the much more important but less interesting day-to-day stuff goes unnoticed.
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Apr 9, 2015 20:34
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zoux posted:What's more concerning, imo, is that it's up in the air about who is going to investigate and prosecute gas tax and insurance fraud. Like 95% of what the PIU does are those cases, and since they had their legs cut out from under them, they've been returning those cases to the local jurisdictions where they've happened. Those places often lack the resources and expertise to get convictions. I mean, they once in a blue moon indict a public official, but as usual the much more important but less interesting day-to-day stuff goes unnoticed. The Chronicle says that unit will still handle those cases, but the Senate isn't giving them any money to fund those investigations. I don't know how much that affects the office's overall budget situation.
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Apr 9, 2015 20:45
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PostNouveau posted:The Chronicle says that unit will still handle those cases, but the Senate isn't giving them any money to fund those investigations. I don't know how much that affects the office's overall budget situation. They've almost completely abandoned those cases due to the amount of funding they have from Travis Co, so I don't see that changing.
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Apr 9, 2015 20:47
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PostNouveau posted:The Senate voted to move the office that investigates corruption. They're going to "depoliticize" the agency by having the Texas Rangers do the investigating and then refer the charges to the district attorneys in the lawmakers' home districts, which could never possibly have any politicization at all. I'm sure all the district attorneys will jump at the chance to indict a powerful local figure. Funny enough, I believe it was Oklahoma that just passed a bill that did the exact opposite: taking the ability to indict corrupt politicians out of the hands of their local jurisdiction and putting it in a centralized office. They did this because it was too tempting for the local DAs (who often have political ambitions) to not only make a name for themselves with a big corruption case, but also take down their biggest opponent in one fell swoop.
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Apr 10, 2015 18:24
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I didn't see any discussion of this, but it looks like this poo poo isn't happening in light of the SC shooting: Texas Bill to Make It Illegal to Film Near Police Dropped
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Apr 12, 2015 18:48
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Lemniscate Blue posted:I didn't see any discussion of this, but it looks like this poo poo isn't happening in light of the SC shooting: Texas Bill to Make It Illegal to Film Near Police Dropped It was never going to happen, but it's good to see it is officially dead.
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Apr 12, 2015 19:57
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Lol even the CLEA Cop Union was against it.
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Apr 13, 2015 10:49
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Quote of the day: "This is a bill that puts in place litigation from one coast in the state of Texas to the other." -- State Rep.. Sylvester Turner (D-Houston) on the ban on cities passing fracking bans.
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Apr 18, 2015 10:27
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Also, the insurance reform plan they're trying to pass is godawful and geared mostly at loving consumers. Here's a lowlight:quote:He added that one provision of the bill would require an insured person to sign an affidavit swearing to her amount of damages. In some cases, she might face liability and potential criminal prosecution over it, said Ellis. This isn't just for people trying to scam with false damages; it includes when a third-party screws up an estimate (or the court just decides the insurer's lowball estimate is the right one). PostNouveau fucked around with this message at 10:38 on Apr 18, 2015 |
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Apr 18, 2015 10:35
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Raw Milk bill in front of House Public Health Committee right now if you're interested in some nutty testimony and wise moms.
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Apr 21, 2015 15:13
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lol raw milk, why always with the raw milk. Also, open carry passed the house yesterday because of course it was going to. Guess there's just reconciling it with the senate version yet.
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Apr 21, 2015 15:16
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So Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick invited some Tea Party folks to be part of his "Grassroots Advisory Panel" so he could keep in touch with the word on the street or something. And yesterday they did something deeply stupid:quote:Yesterday, that Grassroots Advisory Board fired off a letter to the Texas Senate decrying one of Gov. Greg Abbott's top priorities for the session -- funding quality pre-K programming -- as a socialist, godless plot to break up Texas families.
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Apr 22, 2015 23:30
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