By Vince Leibowitz on Apr 2, 2008 in A Steaming Hot Corn[yn] Dog | Comments Off
The crisis facing Texas’ state schools for the disabled is perhaps the worst of the crisis facing the states’ health and human services agencies–and the least discussed. The Dallas Morning News takes another look at the crisis:
The number of children living in state schools for the disabled has grown by 80 percent in the last [...]
Popularity: 46% [?]
By Vince Leibowitz on Dec 5, 2007 in 2008 Texas Elections, A Steaming Hot Corn[yn] Dog | 0 Comments
Congressman Sam Johnson (R-Plano) has drawn a primary opponent in the form of Wayne Avellant, who is a self-proclaimed Sarbanes-Oxley Act International Control Compliance expert and one of those corporate seminar gurus. So, it would appear he’s well-moneyed and well-spoken.
It’s doubtful that Johnson has quite the Teflon-ness that Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) possesses, but we suspect [...]
Popularity: 33% [?]
By Vince Leibowitz on Sep 3, 2007 in 2008 Texas Elections, A Steaming Hot Corn[yn] Dog | 0 Comments
John Cornyn is among a number of U.S. Senators who took money from disgraced U.S. Senator Larry Craig’s “Alliance for the West” Political Action Committee. Though many of the senators who took money from Craig have already pledged to donate the money to charity or have already donated the funds to charity.
So, what about John [...]
Popularity: 27% [?]
By Vince Leibowitz on Jul 17, 2007 in A Steaming Hot Corn[yn] Dog | 0 Comments
Matt over at Stop Cornyn has already given us some of the sorry details of Texas Senator John Cornyn’s shunning of Lady Bird Johnson’s funeral.
Now, Evan Smith over at Texas Monthly has gotten in on the act as well, after having mentioned it once already.
While Cornyn was gassing about how “bi-partisan” he is (ha ha!), [...]
Popularity: 7% [?]
By Vince Leibowitz on Jun 24, 2006 in A Steaming Hot Corn[yn] Dog | 1 Comment
I guess that John Cornyn hasn’t paid any attention to the hell his fellow Wonder Twin Kay Bailey Hutchison has caught for ponying up for DeLay’s legal defense fund. Via the Chron:
DeLay listed a contribution of $5,000 from a political action committee associated with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Other $5,000 donors were Larry D. Johnson, [...]
Popularity: 5% [?]
By Vince Leibowitz on May 6, 2006 in A Steaming Hot Corn[yn] Dog | 0 Comments
It’s not surprising that the same man who didn’t like to hire people to staff the Texas AG’s office who weren’t members of the Federalist Society would pull something like this, but Texas Senator John Cornyn wants to screw with the Voting Rights Act.
AP reports that, as bilingual interpreters and foreign language ballots are becoming [...]
Popularity: 5% [?]