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BY CONRAD S TRIEGL
Read moreIf you’re a Democrat, the last few years have been pretty discouraging. When Joe Biden won the presidency we were ecstatic. When we won the Senate majority and the House majority, we really believed change possible. Then the reality of DC set in. We weren’t really in control; the minority still ruled through machinations like the filibuster rule. Senate Minority Leader McConnell seemed able to defeat any initiative by legislative sleight of hand. Biden’s dream of societal change for the better died on the mantle of Manchin/Sinema treachery. Et tu, Brute? After all, they were both Democrats. Why would they vote against party and comrades? Whatever the reason we have been disappointed and frustrated.
Read moreWhen it comes to commuting to work in Texas, two items stand out. Nearly 90 percent of Texans travel alone to work, and it takes longer to get to where one’s going these days.
Read moreWelcome back to your Republican Party’s election process. To continue the explanation as to how your Texas Election Process works, this article will focus on how the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) and the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) operates and functions. But before I start, just a quick update on a training session I attended in Austin (Sat, July 23rd), on election integrity. It was profes sionally administered by the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) and the Republican
Read moreNational Day of the Cowboy is our chance to celebrate the cowboy culture and its rich and storied history from the expansion of the America west to the rise of ranching and rodeo. That event is celebrating at the end of every July through the efforts of a non-profit organization that even received recognition for the day from the federal government.
Read moreEditor’s note: The columns referenced in this letter ran in the July 20 and February 2, 2022, issues of the Bulletin on the Opinion Page.
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